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Ordinal Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Ordinal confirmatory factor analysis (Ordinal CFA) tests a pre-specified factor structure when the observed indicators are ordinal — typically Likert-type survey items. By using polychoric correlations and robust estimators such as WLSMV, it avoids the bias that arises from treating categorical responses as continuous.

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  1. Flora, D. B. & Curran, P. J. (2004). An empirical evaluation of alternative methods of estimation for confirmatory factor analysis with ordinal data. Psychological Methods, 9(4), 466–491. DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.9.4.466
  2. Muthén, B. O. (1984). A general structural equation model with dichotomous, ordered categorical, and continuous latent variable indicators. Psychometrika, 49(1), 115–132. DOI: 10.1007/BF02294210

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ScholarGateOrdinal CFA (Ordinal Confirmatory Factor Analysis). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/tr/psychometrics/ordinal-confirmatory-factor-analysis