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A Note on Some Equations of Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Stanley A. Mulaik
Stanley A. Mulaik*
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
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Abstract

The method of deriving the second derivatives of the goodness-of-fit functions of maximum likelihood and least-squares confirmatory factor analysis is discussed. The full set of second derivatives is reported.

Keywords

Public PolicyConfirmatory Factor AnalysisStatistical Theory

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Psychometrika , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 1971 , pp. 63 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © 1971 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

*

This research was supported by a PHS research grant No. M-10006 from the National Institutes of Mental Health, Public Health Service.

†

Now at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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