Learning Confirmatory Patterns in Exploratory Factor Analysis Using ICOMP and Genetic Algorithm

The dissertation intends to develop a new approach to the identification of the best factor pattern structure. This new approach is a multivariate regression analysis where factor scores are regressed on original variables. The dissertation shows the versatility of information model selection criter...

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Main Author: Yang, Hongwei
Published: Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2008
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Online Access:http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/436