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Factor analysis is a dimensionality reduction latent variable technique which replaces inter-correlating variables with a smaller number of continuous latent variables called factors. The factors are believed to be responsible for the inter-correlations. [For confirmatory factor analysis, please use the tag 'confirmatory-factor'. Also, the term "factor" of factor analysis should not be confused with "factor" as categorical predictor of a regression/ANOVA.]
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Is structural equation modeling (SEM) just another name of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)?
I've taken this from Wikipedia:
"CFA is distinguished from structural equation modeling by the fact that in CFA, there are no directed arrows between latent factors. In other words, while in CFA fact …
