EducationalTestingService / EducationalTestingService/factor_analyzer
Implement ten Berge factor scores
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- Python
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Nope!
**Describe the solution you'd like**
There are multiple ways to calculate factor scores. Currently, `factor_analyzer` implements the regression-based Thurstone method; however, the the Berge method does a better job of preserving the original correlations.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Alternative is not to implement this.
**Additional context**
Here is a preliminary implemenetation:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67856186/correct-way-to-calculate-correlations-between-factors/67895893#67895893
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