A Bayesian Approach to Factor Analysis via Comparing Prior and Posterior Concentration

We consider a factor analysis model that arises as some distribution form known up to first and second moments. We propose a new Bayesian approach to determine if any latent factors exist and the number of factors. As opposed to current Bayesian methodology for factor analysis, our approach only req...

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Main Author: Cao, Yun
Other Authors: Evans, Michael
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24698