Accession Number:

AD0743097

Title:

An Investigation of the Goodness of Fit of the Maximum Likelihood Estimation Procedure in Factor Analysis

Descriptive Note:

Doctoral thesis

Corporate Author:

ILLINOIS UNIV AT URBANA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Humphreys, Lloyd G.
• Montanelli, Jr, Richard G.

Report Date:

1971-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

48.0

Abstract:

Factor analysis is a frequently used model building technique, especially in sciences where a large number of variables need to be studied. Unfortunately, little work has been done on ways of testing the goodness of fit of the model to the data. Several techniques for testing this goodness of fit have been evaluated in this investigation. In addition, these techniques were used to evaluate the maximum likelihood estimation procedure as a factor analytic method.

Descriptors:

• *FACTOR ANALYSIS
• STATISTICAL TESTS
• RANDOM VARIABLES
• MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
• ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
• SAMPLING
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE