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Identical Model Fit for EFA and Bi-EF... |
 
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Mahjabeen R posted on Monday, September 21, 2015 - 5:20 pm
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Good afternoon, I ran an EFA and Bifactor and got identical model fit for a two-factor solution (2 factors in EFA, 1 General and 1 Residual factor in Bi-EFA). Is it possible to have identical fit from two different analyses? The values are perfectly identical. Interestingly, in both cases, the 2-factor (identical) fit is the best. Your input is much appreciated! My syntax for EFA: TITLE:EFA 1-4 factors DATA: File is XXX.csv; VARIABLE: NAMES ARE Itm1-Itm18; USEVARIABLES ARE Itm2-Itm15 Itm18; ANALYSIS: TYPE = EFA 1 4; OUTPUT: MODINDICES; plot: type = plot2; My syntax for Bi-EFA TITLE: Bi-EFA Using ESEM DATA: File is XXX.csv; VARIABLE: NAMES ARE Itm1-Itm18; USEVARIABLES ARE Itm2-Itm15 Itm18; ANALYSIS: ROTATION = BI-GEOMIN; MODEL: fg f1 BY Itm2-Itm15 Itm18 (*1); |
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Bi-factor EFA with m-1 specific factors is equivalent to EFA with m factors, that is, the two types of models have the same fit to data. The two models are reparameterizations of each other, so that the bi-factor EFA represents a special type of rotation. |
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Mahjabeen R posted on Friday, September 25, 2015 - 7:20 pm
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Thank you! |
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