latchkey children

children who return after school to a home that is without adult supervision because their parents or caregivers work. The name alludes to the idea that the children have their own key with which to let themselves into the empty home after school. Also called self-care children.

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February 24th 2025

simple structure

in exploratory factor analysis, a set of criteria for determining the adequacy of a factor rotation solution. These criteria require that each factor show a pattern of high factor loadings on certain variables and near-zero loadings on others and that each variable load on only one factor. This minimizes the complexity of the factor solution, allows each variable to be most strongly identified with a specific factor, and increases interpretability.