A Bayesian factor analysis model is implemented to formulate estimators of the hyperparameters. Motivated by a simulation study that revealed significant bias in the Bayes estimates of factor loadings, new bias-corrected estimators of factor loadings in the Bayesian factor analysis are proposed and their properties studied; a simulation study reveals a more favorable picture.
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