作者：AE Hurley · 1997 · 被引用次数：1449 — The above quote illustrates the debate over the use of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in organizational research.. The important difference between CFA and EFA is that EFA is a tool for developing theories and CFA is a tool for theory testing (Bollen, 1989).

A way in .... Like EFA, CFA uses the common factor model, that is, it sees the covariance between observed variables as a reflection of the influence of one .... It allows researchers to test the hypothesis that a relationship between observed variables and their underlying latent constructs exists.

CFA is distinct from .... The fundamental difference between the CFA and EFA is: in the CFA, researchers have prior assumption that indicators fit into a certain latent ....