Factor recovery by principal axis factoring and maximum likelihood factor analysis as a function of factor pattern and sample size

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-710

  de Winter, J C F ^a   Dodou, D ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

empirical data; exploratory factor analysis; maximum likelihood factor analysis; parameter estimation; plasmode; principal axis factoring; simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857918479     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2011.610445     Document Type: Article

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