The effect of additional variables on factor indeterminacy in models with a single common factor

DOI10.1007/BF02293861zbMath0404.92019OpenAlexW2014845010MaRDI QIDQ1256976

Stanley A. Mulaik, Roderick P. McDonald

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02293861

zbMATH Keywords

Effect of Additional VariablesFactor IndeterminacyFactor ScoresSingle Common Factor Models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical psychology (91E99) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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