Ordinary Least Squares Estimation of Parameters in Exploratory Factor Analysis With Ordinal Data

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-339

  Lee, Chun Ting ^a   Zhang, Guangjian ^a   Edwards, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859612258     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2012.658340     Document Type: Article

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