2 papers
stat.ME2026
When Is a General Factor Distinguishable? Non-Proportionality, Stable Structure, and the Bifactor Decision
Jinsong Chen
Whether an additional general dimension is necessary beyond correlated first-order factors is a property of the population covariance matrix, not of any estimator or design. This r…
stat.ME2026
Recovering Latent Structures after Variational Bayesian Variable Selection: Fit Assessment and Factor-Number Selection in Partially Exploratory Factor Analysis
Jinsong Chen, Yi Jin
In partially exploratory factor analysis (PEFA), the loading structure and factor numbers are weakly specified. The regularized variational approximation for partially confirmatory…