Yes, I meant confirmatory factor analysis, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.
I
was doing my analyses in lavaan and saw that there are several robust
options (MLM, MLMVS, MLMV, MLF, MLR), but I wasn't sure about their
specifics, so that was what I was actually asking about.
I will definitely consult the links you sent me, thank you!
2016-07-25 11:46 GMT+02:00 Martin Maechler <maechler at
stat.math.ethz.ch>:
> >>>>> Nika Su?ac <nika.susac at gmail.com>
> >>>>> on Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:39:48 +0200 writes:
>
> > Hi! I have non-normal data (items are continuous on a
> > 9-point scale, but not normally distributed) and I want to
> > conduct cfa. Which of the estimators available in lavaan
> > do you recommend me to use? Thanks in advance!
>
> I think you want *robust* statistical methods then.
>
> Robust factor analysis (if 'cfa' means something like that) is
> somewhat prominent topic.
> Simple approaches will already be available by using
> MASS::cov.rob() for a robust covariance matrix which you then
> can pass to other methods.
>
> For more (and more modern) methods and approaches,
>
> - for R packages, I'd recommend you consult the CRAN task view
> about robust statistical methods,
> https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Robust.html
> notably the section on 'Multivariate Analysis'
>
> - for more specific help and expertise, I strongly recommend
> the dedicated R-SIG-robust mailing list (instead of R-help),
> --> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-robust
>
> Best regards,
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
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