An Alternative to Post Hoc Model Modification in Confirmatory Factor Analysis: The Bayesian Lasso

Psychological Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 687-704

  Pan, Junhao ^a   Haksing, Edward ^b   Dubé, Laurette ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; confirmatory factor analysis; Lasso prior; post hoc model modification

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SIMULATION; VALIDITY; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; EMOTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 85038632356     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/met0000112     Document Type: Article

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