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Which correlation analysis is appropriate for binary and ordinal variables?

Violin players were asked to rate 5 violins from least to most rich on a [0 1], 0.05-increment scale, ...
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Looking for a step through an example of a factor analysis on dichotomous data (binary variables) using R

I have some dichotomous data, only binary variables, and my boss asked me to perform a factor analysis using the tetrachoric correlations matrix. I’ve previously been able to teach myself how to run ...
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Fixing error variance in a path analysis to model measurement error in scales using sem package

I want to construct a path analysis model that can account for measurement error in totally aggregated parcels, which refer to parcels where all of the items in a scale are summed or averaged. If I am ...
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Recommended procedure for factor analysis on dichotomous data with R

I have to run a factor analysis on a dataset made up of dichotomous variables (0=yes, 1= no) and I don´t know if I'm on the right track. Using tetrachoric() I ...