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EFA in version 7 versus Version 5 |
 
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I ran a categorical EFA in version 7 at my previous institution using the WLSMV estimator and quartimin rotation. I had strong factor loadings and very good model fit for the four factor solution. However, I change institutions, and they only have mplus version 5 available. When I re-ran this in mplus version 5 on the same data and using the same code, I got the same factor loadings but now my model fit was not good at all (i.e., CFI went from .97 to .90....a very big change). I am very curious as to what changed between versions to cause this?? Also, would I have the same problem if I use classic FA estimators that aren't using polychoric correlations?? Any insight you could provide on this would be helpful. I will probably just buy the updated version but am interested to have an explanation, as I would think model fit calculations should not have changed. |
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A new adjustment to chi-square was introduced in Version 6. It is asymptotically equivalent to the previous one but results in regular degrees of freedom. You can find the explanation in the Version 6 Technical Appendix Simple second order chi-square correction Only WLSMV is affected. |
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