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Although the very general latent variable models to be discussed in the next chapter include the factor analysis model as a special case, the latter is discussed specifically in this chapter, both because of its unique historical position and because it provides a useful introduction in many respects to the more general model.
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Everitt, B.S. (1984). Factor analysis. In: An Introduction to Latent Variable Models. Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5564-6_2
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