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Conditions for removing the indeterminancy due to rotation are given for both the oblique and orthogonal factor analysis models. The conditions indicate why published counterexamples to conditions discussed by Jöreskog are not identifiable.
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The author would like to thank Gordon Bechtel and the reviewers for their comments and suggestions.
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Algina, J. A note on identification in the oblique and orthogonal factor analysis models. Psychometrika 45, 393–396 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02293911
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