Estimator | Class | Used in | Description |
MINRESa | LS | EFA | Minimum Residual |
PAb | LS | EFA | Principal Factor Solution (aka PAF) |
WLS | LS | EFA/CFA/SEM | Weighted Least Squares (aka ADF) |
GLS | LS | EFA/CFA/SEM | Generalized Least Squares |
ML | ML | EFA/CFA/SEM | Maximum Likelihood |
DWLS | LS | CFA/SEM | Diagonally weighted least squares |
ULS | LS | CFA/SEM | Unweighted Least Squares |
DLS | LS | CFA | Distributionally-weighted Least Squares |
PML | ML | CFA/SEM | Pairwise Maximum Likelihood |
MLM | ML | CFA/SEM | ML with robust standard errors and SB χ2 |
MLR | ML | CFA/SEM | ML with robust standard errors and Yuan-Bentler χ2 |
MLMVS | ML | CFA/SEM | ML with robust standard errors and a mean-and variance-adjusted χ2 (Satterthwaite technique) |
MLMV | ML | CFA/SEM | ML with robust standard errors and a mean-and variance-adjusted χ2 (Scale-shifted method) |
WLSM | LS | CFA/SEM | WLS with robust standard errors and a mean-adjusted χ2 |
WLSMV | LS | CFA/SEM | WLS with robust standard errors and a mean-adjusted χ2 (scale-shifted technique) |
WLSMVS | LS | CFA/SEM | WLS with robust standard errors and a mean-adjusted χ2, (Satterthwaite technique) |
ULSM | LS | CFA/SEM | ULS with robust standard errors and a mean-adjusted test statistic. |
ULSMVS | LS | CFA/SEM | ULS with robust standard errors and a mean-adjusted χ2 (Satterthwaite technique) |
ULSMV | LS | CFA/SEM | ULS with robust standard errors and a mean-adjusted χ2 (scale-shifted technique) |