In this paper program FACSTRAP is described. The program computes factor analytic results from either correlation or variance-covariance matrices. Pooled estimation procedures are accomodated by rotating each sample result into a common factor space. The program is useful for resolving numbers of factors questions, for estimating structure coefficients, and for estimating the invariance of results across samples.
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