An Empirical Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis to the Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix.

Kenny, David A.

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An Empirical Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis to the Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix

Kenny, David A.

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 12, 3, 247-52, May 76

Though most social psychologists are aware of the use of factor analysis as an exploratory method to uncover latent dimensions, factor analysis can also be used in a confirmatory mode to test specific hypothesis. Jaccard, Weber, and Lundmark's (1975) multitrait-multimethod matrix of two traits and four methods is analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. (Editor/RK)

Descriptors: Diagrams, Evaluation Criteria, Experimental Psychology, Factor Analysis, Social Psychology, Tables (Data)

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