A note on the identification of restricted factor loading matrices (Q1819866)

It is shown that problems of rotational equivalence of restricted factor loading matrices in orthogonal factor analysis are equivalent to problems of identification in simultaneous equation systems with covariance restrictions. A necessary (under a regularity assumption) and sufficient condition for local uniqueness is given and a counterexample is provided to a theorem by \textit{J. Algina} [A note on identification in the oblique and orthogonal factor analysis model. ibid. 45, 393-396 (1980)] concerning necessary and sufficient conditions for global uniqueness.