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Confirmatory factor analysis

Confirmatory factor analysis tests a researcher-specified factor structure against observed data. Unlike exploratory approaches, the researcher decides in advance which indicators load on which latent factor, and the model is evaluated by how closely the implied covariance matrix reproduces the sample covariance matrix. CFA is central to scale validation, construct validity assessment, and measurement invariance testing.

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Taxonomic method record · latent-structure / psychometrics
  • Jöreskog, K. G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34(2), 183–202. · DOI 10.1007/BF02289343
  • Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research (2nd ed.). Guilford Press. · ISBN 978-1462515363
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Taxonomic bucketConvergent Validitymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyEFAmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyMeasurement Invariancemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.See alsoStructural Equation Modelingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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