A second-order confirmatory factor analysis model is applied to a correlation matrix of Thurstone reported by McDonald (1985). Using the LINEQS statement, the three-term second-order factor analysis ...

Plot of Reference Structure for Factor1 and Factor2 Reference Axis Correlation = -0.0836 Angle = 94.7941 Factor1 1 E .B .8 D .7 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 F .1 a C c -1 -.9-.8-.7 ...

Let's use this classical statistics technique -- and some R, of course -- to get to some of the latent variables hiding in your data. Factor analysis is a classical statistics technique that examines ...