Confirmatory Factor Analysis Wizard
Confirmatory factor analysis models are just like ordinary common factor models, except that some factor loadings and factor intercorrelations can be constrained to be equal to each other, or to zero. This allows Statistical testing of preconceived notions about the general form of the factor pattern.
The Confirmatory Factor Analysis Wizard allows you to construct any confirmatory factor model in just a few seconds, so long as the model has eight common factors or less. Most models encountered in practice fall in this category. Larger models can be constructed, with a bit more effort, using the generalized Path Construction Tool.
Most of the confirmatory factor analysis model is defined on the first dialog of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis Wizard using the three steps, below.
For information on the other wizards implemented in this version of the Structural Modeling module, see Structural Modeling Wizard.