Robust oblique Target-rotation for small samples.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Oblique Target-rotation in the context of exploratory factor analysis is a relevant method for the investigation of the oblique simple structure. It was argued that minimizing single cross-loadings by means of target rotation may lead to large effects of sampling error on the target rotated factor solutions.

Method

In order to minimize effects of sampling error on results of Target-rotation we propose to compute the mean cross-loadings for each block of salient loadings of the independent clusters model and to perform Target-rotation for the block-wise mean cross-loadings. The resulting transformation-matrix is than applied to the complete unrotated loading matrix in order to produce mean Target-rotated factors.

Results

A simulation study based on correla

SUBMITTER: Beauducel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10711062 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature