EFA – Exploratory Factor analysis

EFA – Exploratory Factor analysis

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• Muthén, B. & Asparouhov, T. (2026). Using Mplus to do Exploratory Factor Analysis: An Overview of the State of the Art. Mplus Web Paper No 1.
  
  
• Asparouhov & Muthén, B. (2025). Alignment for multiple group second-order factor analysis. Mplus Web Notes: No. 27. Version 1. December 26, 2025.
  
  
• Asparouhov & Muthén (2025). Methodological advances with penalized structural equation models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32, 688-716.
  
  
• Asparouhov & Muthén (2024). Penalized structural equation models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31, 429-454.
  
  
• Asparouhov & Muthén (2024b). Testing the number of factors in EFA and CFA. Mplus Web Notes: No. 25. December 14, 2024.
  
  
• Asparouhov & Muthén (2023). Multiple group alignment for exploratory and structural equation models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 30, 169-191.
  
  
• Muthén & Asparouhov (2012). Bayesian SEM: A more flexible representation of substantive theory. Psychological Methods, 17, 313-335.
  
  
• Asparouhov & Muthén (2009). Exploratory structural equation modeling. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 16, 397-438.