Date:         Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:49:13 -0700
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From:         Juanito Talili <talilij@yahoo.com>
Subject:      EFA then CFA
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Hi all,
 
Using exploratory factor analysis(principal component analysis using varimax rotation) the 15 items were reduced to three factors.  Out of curiosity, using the same data I subjected the three factors to confirmatory factor analysis(CFA).  The CFA showed that one of the three factors was statistically nonsignificant (factor coefficient=.02; p>.05).  Why it was so?
Please help.
 
J Talili




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