On the Bias in Confirmatory Factor Analysis When Treating Discrete Variables as Ordinal Instead of Continuous
Confirmatory factor analysis is some of the most widely used statistical techniques in the social sciences. Frequently, variables (i.e., items) stemming from questionnaires are analyzed. Two competing approaches for estimating confirmatory factor analysis can be distinguished. First, ordinal variabl...
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/11/4/162 |