# HolzingerSwineford1939

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##### Holzinger and Swineford Dataset (9 Variables)

The classic Holzinger and Swineford (1939) dataset consists of mental ability test scores of seventh- and eighth-grade children from two different schools (Pasteur and Grant-White). In the original dataset (available in the MBESS package), there are scores for 26 tests. However, a smaller subset with 9 variables is more widely used in the literature (for example in Joreskog's 1969 paper, which also uses the 145 subjects from the Grant-White school only).

##### Usage
data(HolzingerSwineford1939)
##### Format

A data frame with 301 observations of 15 variables.

##### Source

This dataset was originally retrieved from http://web.missouri.edu/~kolenikovs/stata/hs-cfa.dta (link no longer active) and converted to an R dataset.

##### References

Holzinger, K., and Swineford, F. (1939). A study in factor analysis: The stability of a bifactor solution. Supplementary Educational Monograph, no. 48. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Joreskog, K. G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34, 183-202.

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