Optimal Procedures for Estimation of Factor Scores

1 August 1978

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Methods & Research

Vol. 7 (1) , 85-106
https://doi.org/10.1177/004912417800700104

Abstract

This study identifies three different applications of factor scores which lead to three different sets of criteria for optimal estimation procedures. The regression method and the Bartlett method best satisfy the first two sets of criteria, and a generalized Anderson and Rubin procedure is optimal for the third set of criteria. The differences between the methods have been illustrated by an example.

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