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Confirmatory factor analysis

Known as: CFA 
In statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is a special form of factor analysis, most commonly used in social research. It is used to test… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Polychoric versus Pearson correlations in exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of ordinal variables
Given that the use of Likert scales is increasingly common in the field of social research it is necessary to determine which… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Decoding the Meaning of Factorial Invariance and Updating the Practice of Multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis: A Demonstration With TIMSS Data
Measurement invariance (MI) has been developed in a very technical language and manner that is generally not widely accessible to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research
Introduction. Factor Model and Exploratory Factor Analysis. Introduction to CFA. Specification and Interpretation of CFA Models… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Applying multilevel confirmatory factor analysis techniques to the study of leadership
Statistical issues associated with multilevel data are becoming increasingly important to organizational researchers. This paper… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The structure of environmental attitudes: A first- and second-order confirmatory factor analysis
This paper addressed two questions: (1) Do environmental attitudes form a two-factor second-order structure as proposed by (Pers… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Publisher Summary Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is a statistical strategy specifically designed to identify and explore… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The robustness of test statistics to nonnormality and specification error in confirmatory factor analysis.
Monte Carlo computer simulations were used to investigate the performance of three X 2 test statistics in confirmatory factor… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the End-User Computing Satisfaction Instrument
The dimensionality of the user satisfaction construct is an important theoretical issue that has received considerable attention… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
An Easy Guide To Factor Analysis
List of Figures and Tables 1. A General Description of Factor Analysis 2. Statistical Terms and Concepts 3. Principal Components… Expand
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The essentials of factor analysis
1. Origins, Purposes, Limitations And The Data Bank 2. A Geometrical Approach To Factor Analysis 3. The Orthogonal Extraction Of… Expand
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