On the relevance of assumptions associated with classical factor analytic approaches

A personal trait, for example a person's cognitive ability, represents a theoretical concept postulated to explain behavior. Interesting constructs are latent, that is, they cannot be observed. Latent variable modeling constitutes a methodology to deal with hypothetical constructs. Constructs a...

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Main Authors: Daniel eKasper, Ali eÜnlü
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00109/full