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Finch, Holmes; Monahan, Patrick – Applied Measurement in Education, 2008
This article introduces a bootstrap generalization to the Modified Parallel Analysis (MPA) method of test dimensionality assessment using factor analysis. This methodology, based on the use of Marginal Maximum Likelihood nonlinear factor analysis, provides for the calculation of a test statistic based on a parametric bootstrap using the MPA…
Descriptors: Monte Carlo Methods, Factor Analysis, Generalization, Methods

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