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Function Random Start Values for CFA (lavaan)
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is a widely applied statistical technique in many research areas. However, depending on identification method and starting values, with typical (or robust) maximum likelihood estimation (ML/MLR) analysis models may converge to suboptimal values of the likelihood function (local maxima), thereby threatening the robustness of empirical...