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Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
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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Sources
- 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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2PL IRTBayesian Canonical Correlation AnalysisBayesian Confirmatory Factor AnalysisBayesian Construct ValidityBayesian Convergent ValidityBayesian Differential Item FunctioningBayesian Discriminant ValidityBayesian EFABayesian McDonald's omegaBayesian Measurement InvarianceBayesian Model Testing ResearchBayesian Scale DevelopmentBifactor ModelCAT McDonald's OmegaCAT Scale DevelopmentComputerized adaptive test construct validityComputerized adaptive test item analysisComputerized adaptive test item response theoryComputerized adaptive test measurement invarianceComputerized adaptive test Rasch modelConstruct ValidityConvergent ValidityCronbach's AlphaDIF AnalysisDifferential Item FunctioningDiscriminant AnalysisDiscriminant ValidityEFAEFA for Scale DevelopmentGeneralizability TheoryHierarchical Confirmatory ResearchItem AnalysisItem Response TheoryLatent Class AnalysisLGC ModelLongitudinal CFALongitudinal Construct ValidityLongitudinal Discriminant ValidityLongitudinal EFALongitudinal Generalizability TheoryLongitudinal Item AnalysisLongitudinal McDonald's omegaLongitudinal Measurement InvarianceLongitudinal scale developmentMcDonald's OmegaMcDonald's OmegaMediation AnalysisMulti-group confirmatory factor analysisMulti-group content validityMulti-group convergent validityMulti-group Differential Item FunctioningMulti-group EFAMulti-group item analysisMulti-group item response theoryMulti-group McDonald's omegaMulti-group measurement invarianceMulti-group scale developmentMulti-group test-retest reliabilityMultilevel CFAMultilevel Convergent ValidityMultilevel Discriminant ValidityMultilevel EFAMultilevel Generalizability TheoryMultilevel Measurement InvarianceMultilevel nomological validityMultilevel Reliability AnalysisMultilevel Scale DevelopmentMultilevel Test-Retest ReliabilityMultivariate Model Testing ResearchNomological ValidityOrdinal CFAOrdinal Convergent ValidityOrdinal Cronbach's AlphaOrdinal EFAOrdinal IRTOrdinal McDonald's omegaOrdinal Measurement InvarianceOrdinal Nomological ValidityOrdinal Rasch ModelOrdinal Reliability AnalysisPanel-based Confirmatory ResearchPanel-based Model Testing ResearchPath AnalysisPolytomous Confirmatory Factor AnalysisPolytomous Construct ValidityPolytomous DIFPolytomous EFAPolytomous item analysisPolytomous McDonald's omegaPolytomous Measurement InvariancePolytomous Rasch ModelPolytomous Reliability AnalysisPolytomous scale developmentRasch ModelRobust Confirmatory Factor AnalysisRobust Differential Item FunctioningRobust Discriminant ValidityRobust Exploratory Factor AnalysisRobust McDonald's OmegaRobust Measurement InvarianceRobust Model Testing ResearchRobust Nomological ValidityRobust Structural Equation ModelingRobust Test-Retest ReliabilityScale developmentSEMShort form construct validityShort Form Measurement InvarianceShort form nomological validityShort-Form CFAShort-form Cronbach's alphaShort-form item analysisShort-form McDonald's omegaShort-form reliability analysisShort-Form Scale DevelopmentShort-form test-retest reliabilitySimulation-assisted confirmatory researchTest EquatingTest-Retest Reliability