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 |