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Estimating the Standard Errors of Rotated Factor Loadings by Jackknifing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Douglas B. Clarkson
Douglas B. Clarkson*
Affiliation:
McGill University
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Douglas B. Clarkson, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63121.
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Abstract

The jackknife by groups and modifications of the jackknife by groups are used to estimate standard errors of rotated factor loadings for selected populations in common factor model maximum likelihood factor analysis. Simulations are performed in which t-statistics based upon these jackknife estimates of the standard errors are computed. The validity of the t-statistics and their associated confidence intervals is assessed. Methods are given through which the computational efficiency of the jackknife may be greatly enhanced in the factor analysis model.

Keywords

maximum likelihood factor analysispseudovaluesalignment problemHeywood casesimulation
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , September 1979 , pp. 297 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

Computing assistance was obtained from the Health Sciences Computing Facility, UCLA, sponsored by NIH Special Research Resources Grant RR-3.

The author wishes to thank his doctoral committee co-chairmen, Drs James W. Frane and Robert I. Jennrich, UCLA, for their contributions to this research.

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