Confirmatory Factor Analysis Example: Familial Risk and Child Adjustment
Observed Variables
PARPSYCH SES VERBAL VISSPAT MEM READ MATH SPELL MOTIV EXTRA HARM STAB
Latent Variables
RISK ACHIEVE COG ADJUST
Correlation Matrix
1.00
.42 1.00
-.43 -.50 1.00
-.40 -.40 .66 1.00
-.35 -.38 .67 .66 1.00
-.39 -.43 .78 .56 .73 1.00
-.24 -.37 .69 .49 .70 .73 1.00
-.31 -.33 .63 .49 .72 .87 .72 1.00
-.25 -.25 .49 .32 .58 .53 .60 .59 1.00
-.14 -.17 .18 .09 .17 .14 .15 .15 .25 1.00
-.25 -.26 .42 .25 .46 .42 .44 .45 .77 .19 1.00
-.16 -.18 .33 .27 .35 .36 .38 .38 .59 -.29 .58 1.00
Sample Size is 158
Relationships
PARPSYCH SES = RISK
READ MATH SPELL = ACHIEVE 
VERBAL VISSPAT MEM = COG
MOTIV EXTRA HARM STAB = ADJUST
!Let the errors of STAB and EXTRA correlate
Path Diagram
End of Problem