TY - JOUR
T1 - A note on testing perfect correlations in SEM
AU - Van Der Sluis, Sophie
AU - Dolan, Conor V.
AU - Stoel, Reinoud D.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - This article is concerned with the seemingly simple problem of testing whether latent factors are perfectly correlated (i.e., statistically indistinct). In recent literature, researchers have used different approaches, which are not always correct or complete. We discuss the parameter constraints required to obtain such perfectly correlated latent factors in the context of 4 commonly used models: (a) the oblique factor model, (b) the hierarchical factor model, (c) models in which the factors are predicted by a covariate, and (d) models in which the factors are predictors of a dependent variable. It is shown that the necessary constraints depend on the choice of scaling. We illustrate testing the indistinctiveness of factors with 2 real data examples.
AB - This article is concerned with the seemingly simple problem of testing whether latent factors are perfectly correlated (i.e., statistically indistinct). In recent literature, researchers have used different approaches, which are not always correct or complete. We discuss the parameter constraints required to obtain such perfectly correlated latent factors in the context of 4 commonly used models: (a) the oblique factor model, (b) the hierarchical factor model, (c) models in which the factors are predicted by a covariate, and (d) models in which the factors are predictors of a dependent variable. It is shown that the necessary constraints depend on the choice of scaling. We illustrate testing the indistinctiveness of factors with 2 real data examples.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15328007sem1204_3
DO - 10.1207/s15328007sem1204_3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:32944463297
VL - 12
SP - 551
EP - 577
JO - Structural Equation Modeling
JF - Structural Equation Modeling
SN - 1070-5511
IS - 4
ER -