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 Hervé CACI posted on Friday, May 17, 2002 - 1:22 am
Hello,

How can I run a second-order EFA when all my variables are dichotomous ?

Can I simply run a second EFA with the correlation matrix printed out at the first stage ? In that case, does it matter using the WLSMV estimator again ?

Thanks in advance.
 bmuthen posted on Friday, May 17, 2002 - 7:49 am
You can run a second EFA using the estimated correlation matrix as you say. This would have two drawbacks, however. First, you can only use the ULS estimator since you don't then have the raw data to compute the weight matrix of WLSMV. Second, the estimated correlation matrix does not have the second-order structure imposed on it. You can instead do an "EFA within a CFA framework" and do the second-order modeling directly. You may also want to consult the old psychometric literature on "Schmid-Leiman orthogonalization".
 Hervé CACI posted on Friday, September 06, 2002 - 7:24 am
Where can I find a description for doing an "EFA with a CFA framework" and the "Schmid-Leiman orthogonalization" ?
 Linda K. Muthen posted on Friday, September 06, 2002 - 10:13 am
Following is the Schmid-Leiman reference:

Schmid, J. & Leiman, J.M. (1957). The development of hierarchical factor solutions. Psychometrika, 22, 53-61.

Following is the EFA in a CFA framework reference:

Joreskog, K.G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis.
Psychometrika, 34.
 Andrea Norcini Pala posted on Thursday, March 05, 2015 - 3:44 pm
Dear Professors Muthén,
I want to preform a second-order exploratory factor analysis. Can I run an ESEM on the factors' score saved from a first-order CFA?
Thank you,
Andrea
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Friday, March 06, 2015 - 8:01 am
Yes, that would be an approximation.
 Andrea Norcini Pala posted on Friday, March 06, 2015 - 12:00 pm
Thank you!
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