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XX.—Some New Results in Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

D. N. Lawley
D. N. Lawley
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Edinburgh.
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Synopsis

Until now the chief obstacle to the application of the maximum likelihood method of estimation to factor analysis has been the lack of any really good numerical method of solution. In this paper we give a brief review of recent work which remedies this defect. Two factor analysis models are considered. In each case we derive results which are of use in connection with new methods of solution. Formulae are given for the large-sample variances and covariances of the estimates of parameters in the first model.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , 1967 , pp. 256 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1967

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