Confirmatory Factor Analysis is a special class of the factor analysis technique. It is mostly used in the field of social science research. Confirmatory Factor Analysis or CFA, as it is popularly known as, is a confirmatory approach. In other words, this technique is used to confirm if there is consistency between the measures of a construct and the researcher’s understanding about the construct. In general, we can say that […]
Structural Equation Modeling is a powerful multivariate data analysis technique that is widely used in many areas of research. It allows both confirmatory and exploratory modeling, meaning SEM is suited for both theory testing and theory development. Factor analysis, path analysis and regression all represent special cases of SEM. Structural Equation Modeling finds wide-spread application in all the major fields of study such as Economics, Social Sciences, Biology, Psychology, Education, […]
