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Peer reviewedLomax, Richard G.; Algina, James – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1979
Results of using multimethod factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis for the analysis of three multitrait-multimethod matrices are compared. Results suggest that the two methods can give quite different impressions of discriminant validity. In the examples considered, the former procedure tends to support discrimination while the latter…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Matrices
