The manifest association structure of the single-factor model: insights from partial correlations

Abstract

WOS:000261959200007 (Nº de Acesso Web of Science)The association structure between manifest variables arising from the single-factor model is investigated using partial correlations. The additional insights to the practitioner provided by partial correlations for detecting a single-factor model are discussed. The parameter space for the partial correlations is presented, as are the patterns of signs in a matrix containing the partial correlations that are not compatible with a single-factor model