On exact statistical properties of multidimensional indices based on principal components, factor analysis, MIMIC and structural equation models

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-496

  Krishnakumar, Jaya ^a   Nagar, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY   (India)

Author keywords

Factoranalysis; Human development; Latent variables; Principal components; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 41549162019     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9181-8     Document Type: Review

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