Application of the EM Method
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Methods & Research
- Vol. 13 (1) , 127-150
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124184013001006
Abstract
The EM (Estimation-Maximization) algorithm is exploited to provide maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters of multiple indicator/factor analysis models. This method reduces considerably the storage and computational burden of such estimation. A computer program in BASIC language that performs the computations is listed in an appendix. The specification of correlated errors is also provided for in this application of the method.Keywords
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