A Class of Factor Analysis Estimation Procedures with Common Asymptotic Sampling Properties

1 September 1975

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika

Vol. 40 (3) , 315-335
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02291761

Abstract

A general class of estimation procedures for the factor model is considered. The procedures are shown to yield estimates possessing the same asymptotic sampling properties as those from estimation by maximum likelihood or generalized least squares, both of which are special members of the class. General expressions for the derivatives needed for Newton-Raphson determination of the estimates are derived. Numerical examples are given, and the effect of the choice of estimation procedure is discussed.

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