2nd order factor analysis

[Ian Kudel]

Hello,
  I am interested in running an exploratory bi-factor analysis as described in Wolff and Preising, however a necessary step is to run a hierarchical/second order factor analysis.  Unfortunately I have not been able to find code for that analysis.  Can anyone help?
 
Thanks,
Ian Kudel
Research Scientist
Cincinnati VAMC
 
 Wolff HG, Preising K. Exploring item and higher order factor structure with the Schmid-Leiman solution Syntax codes for SPSS and SAS. Behavior Research Methods. 2005;37:48-58.




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[Paul Ginns-2]

Hi Ian,

go to http://www.psychonomic.org/archive/ and type in Wolff in the
author part of the form - this will take you to the subsite which has
the SPSS code. Alternatively, you could use FACTOR (a freeware
exploratory factor analysis programme, with a much greater range of
functions than SPSS) which can do Schmid-Leiman analyses. It's available
at http://psico.fcep.urv.es/utilitats/factor/

Lorenzo-Seva, U., & Ferrando, P.J. (2006) FACTOR: a computer program to
fit the exploratory factor analysis model. Behavior Research Methods,
38, 88-91.

Cheers,

Paul

Dr. Paul Ginns
Lecturer in Educational Psychology
Faculty of Education and Social Work
A35 - Education Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Date:    Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:08:03 -0700
From:    Ian Kudel <[hidden email]>
Subject: 2nd order factor analysis

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