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Performing the Specification Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Using BIC to Compare Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Viewing the Scree Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
23 Exploratory Factor Analysis by
Specification Search 349
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
About the Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
About the Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Specifying the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Opening the Specification Search Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Making All Regression Weights Optional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Setting Options to Their Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Performing the Specification Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Using BCC to Compare Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Viewing the Scree Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Viewing the Short List of Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Heuristic Specification Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Performing a Stepwise Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Viewing the Scree Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Limitations of Heuristic Specification Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
24 Multiple-Group Factor Analysis 363
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
About the Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Model 24a: Modeling Without Means and Intercepts . . . . . . . . . . 363
Specifying the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Opening the Multiple-Group Analysis Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . 364
Viewing the Parameter Subsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Viewing the Generated Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Fitting All the Models and Viewing the Output . . . . . . . . . . . . 368