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Factor Analysis via Components Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Peter M. Bentler  and
Jan de Leeuw
Peter M. Bentler*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Jan de Leeuw
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to Peter M. Bentler, Departments of Psychology and Statistics, UCLA, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA. E-mail: bentler@ucla.edu
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Abstract

When the factor analysis model holds, component loadings are linear combinations of factor loadings, and vice versa. This interrelation permits us to define new optimization criteria and estimation methods for exploratory factor analysis. Although this article is primarily conceptual in nature, an illustrative example and a small simulation show the methodology to be promising.

Keywords

factor loadingsfactor scorescomponent loadingscomponent scores

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Psychometrika , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , July 2011 , pp. 461 - 470
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Copyright © 2011 The Psychometric Society

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