Asymptotic biases in exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling

Psychometrika

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-256

  Ogasawara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a OTARU UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptotic biases; Asymptotic robustness; Asymptotic variances; Factor analysis; Nonnormal data; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044261715     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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