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)