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Alternative approaches to factorial invariance

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Special cases of the factor analysis model are developed for four selection situations. Methods are suggested whereby parameters in each case can be estimated using a maximum likelihood procedure recently developed by Jöreskog. Also, a numerical illustration is presented for each case.

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    Bruce Bloxom

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This research was supported by a grant from the University Research Council, Vanderbilt University.

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Bloxom, B. Alternative approaches to factorial invariance. Psychometrika 37, 425–440 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02291219

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