On Various Causes of Improper Solutions in Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 43 (2) , 225-243
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02293865
Abstract
In the applications of maximum likelihood factor analysis the occurrence of boundary minima instead of proper minima is no exception at all. In the past the causes of such improper solutions could not be detected. This was impossible because the matrices containing the parameters of the factor analysis model were kept positive definite. By dropping these constraints, it becomes possible to distinguish between the different causes of improper solutions. In this paper some of the most important causes are discussed and illustrated by means of artificial and empirical data.Keywords
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