Exploratory Graph Analysis for Factor Retention: Simulation Results for Continuous and Binary Data.

ABSTRACT: Exploratory graph analysis (EGA) is a commonly applied technique intended to help social scientists discover latent variables. Yet, the results can be influenced by the methodological decisions the researcher makes along the way. In this article, we focus on the choice regarding the number of factors to retain: We compare the performance of the recently developed EGA with various traditional factor retention criteria. We use both continuous and binary data, as evidence regarding the accuracy of such criteria in the latter case is scarce. Simulation results, based on scenarios resulting from varying sample size, communalities from major factors, interfactor correlations, skewness, and correlation measure, show that EGA outperforms the traditional factor retention criteria considered in most

SUBMITTER: Cosemans T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9386885 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature