Foundations of factor analysis

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linear modelsmaximum-likelihood estimationmultivariate normal distributionsimage analysismatrix algebradeterminantsmatrix equationslinear transformationsmultiple regressionfactor rotationstructural theorypartial correlationsfactor loadingscomponent analysisexamplesmultiple correlationsfactorial invariancefactor extractioncanonical-factor analysiscentroid method of factoringcommon-factors analysiscomparing factors across populationscomposite variablesconfirmatory-factor analysisdecomposition of variables into componentsdiagonal method of factoringdifferentially weighted compositesfactor scores and factor indeterminacyfitting common factor models to correlation matricesfundamental equations of factor analysisgradient-projection-algorithm synthesisHarris-Kaiser oblique transformationshistory of factor analysisimage-factor analysisindeterminacy of common-factor scoresinvariance under selection of experimental populationsinvariance under selection of variablesmathematical foundations of factor analysismaxima and minima of functionsmetric invariance propertiesoblimin familyoblique analytic rotationsoblique graphical rotationsoblique procrustean transformationsorthogonal analytic rotationsprincipal-axes methodsproblem of doublet factorspsychometric inference in factor analysisquartimax criterionrationales for finding factorsrotating using component loss functionsscalar algebrascores on component variablessimultaneous orthogonal varimax and parsimaxThurstone's concept of simple structurestransvarimax methodstreatment of variables as vectorsunivariate normal density functionsunweighted composite variablesvarimax criterionweighted oblique rotations






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