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A Confirmatory Analysis of the Factor Stability Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Harold P. Bechtoldt
Harold P. Bechtoldt*
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University of Iowa
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Abstract

The procedures recently developed by Jöreskog for studying similarities and differences in factor structures between different groups were applied to data from a study designed by Thurstone to investigate the sampling stability of a hypothesized isolated configuration. The hypothesis of an isolated configuration was rejected but not by much. The results represent a restricted and unique simple structure solution with the factor loadings and uniqueness values invariant over the two samples.

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Psychometrika , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , September 1974, pp. 319 - 326
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Copyright © 1974 The Psychometric Society

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