A Loss Function for Alpha Factor Analysis
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 49 (3) , 325-330
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02306023
Abstract
Most of the factor solutions can be got by minimizing a corresponding loss function. However, up to now, a loss function for the alpha factor analysis (AFA) has not been known. The present paper establishes such a loss function for the AFA. Some analogies to the maximum likelihood factor analysis are discussed.Keywords
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