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A Note on a Sufficiency Condition for Uniqueness of a Restricted Factor Matrix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

James E. Dunn*
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Abstract

A counterexample is produced to a conjecture by K. G. Jöreskog concerning sufficiency conditions for uniqueness of a restricted factor matrix. A substitute condition is stated and proved for the most common situation where the restricted elements are specified to be zero.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 The Psychometric Society

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References

Jöreskog, K. G. A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 1969, 34, 183202CrossRefGoogle Scholar