Katsikatsou, Myrsini; Moustaki, Irini; Yang-Wallentin, Fan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Pairwise maximum likelihood (PML) estimation method is developed for factor analysis models with ordinal data and fitted both in an exploratory and confirmatory set-up. The performance of the method is studied via simulations and comparisons with full information maximum likelihood (FIML) and...