A computer program is described which computes coefficients of congruence, salient variable similarity indices, and chi-square tests of the differences between two factors in the pattern and size of their loadings. The program will make pairwise comparisons between factors in two independent samples. The program is written in BASIC for the TRS-80 microcomputer.
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