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A comparison of some methodologies for the factor analysis of non‐normal Likert variables
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This paper considers the problem of applying factor analysis to non‐normal categorical variables. A Monte Carlo study is conducted where five prototypical cases of non‐normal variables are generated. Two normal theory estimators, ML and GLS, are compared to Browne's (1982) ADF estimator. A categorical variable methodology (CVM) estimator of Muthén (1984) is also considered for the most severely skewed case. Results show that ML and GLS chi‐square tests are quite robust but obtain too large values for variables that arc severely skewed and kurtotic. ADF, however, performs well. Parameter estimate bias appears non‐existent for all estimators. Results also show that ML and GLS estimated standard errors are biased downward. For ADF no such standard error bias was found. The CVM estimator appears to work well when applied to severely skewed variables that had been dichotomized. ML and GLS results for a kurtosis only case showed no distortion of chi‐square or parameter estimates and only a slight downward bias in estimated standard errors. The results are compared to those of other related studies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Muthén, B., & Kaplan, D.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Muthén, Bengt
- ORCID
- Muthén, Bengt
- Venue
- British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1985-11
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 171-189
- ISSN
- 0007-1102 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8317
- OpenAlex
- W1985442257
- Cited by
- 1,778
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Applications
- Keywords
- factor analysis, Likert scale data, kurtosis, maximum likelihood estimation, generalized least squares, standard error bias
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