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FA100 ACADEMIC PROGRAM


October 2 Morning Session
(Saturday)
9:30-10:00 Yutaka Kano (Osaka University)
Opening: Factor analysis centennial symposium at Osaka
Chair: Haruhiko Ogasawara
10:00-11:00 Sik-Yum Lee and Xin-Yuan Song (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Maximum likelihood analysis of structural equation models with some types of non-normal data
11:00-11:30 Masanori Ichikawa (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)and
Sadanori Konishi (Kyushu University)
Constructing confidence intervals for communalities in factor analysis

Lunch Break
 
October 2 Afternoon Session
(Saturday)
Chair: Kohei Adachi
13:00-14:00 Ab Mooijaart (Leiden University)
Factor Analysis by Using Higher Order Moments
14:00-14:30 Haruhiko Ogasawara (Otaru University of Commerce)
Higher-order estimation error in factor analysis and structural equation modeling under nonnormality
Coffee Break
 
Chair: Takashi Murakami
15:00-16:00 Jos M.F. ten Berge (University of Groningen)
Factor analysis, reliability and unidimensionality
16:00-16:30 Kojiro Shojima (National Center for University Entrance Examinations)
An uncompensated factor analysis model
17:30-21:00 Excursion (Start at the entrance hall of Nakanoshima Center)

October 3 Morning Session
(Sunday)
Chair: Manabu Sato
9:00-10:00 Ke-Hai Yuan (University of Notre Dame) and
Peter M. Bentler (University of California, Los Angeles)
Mean comparison: Manifest variable versus latent variable
10:00-10:30 Shohei Shimizu (Osaka University), Aapo Hyvarinen (University of Helsinki) and
Yutaka Kano (Osaka University)
Independent component analysis and its application to causal analysis
Coffee Break
 
Chair: Manabu Kuroki
11:00-12:00 Aapo Hyvarinen (University of Helsinki)
Why would factors or components be non-normal and square-correlated?

Lunch Break
 
October 3 Afternoon Session
(Sunday)
Chair: Ab Mooijaart
13:30-14:30 Kazuo Shigemasu (University of Tokyo) and
Takahiro Hoshino (Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
Improvements of LVM techniques by Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling
14:30-15:00 Takashi Murakami (Nagoya University)
Oblique Procrustes rotation to obtain a factor pattern approximating a target of different column order
Coffee Break
 
Chair: Kazuo Shigemasu
15:30-16:30 Peter M. Bentler (University of California, Los Angeles),
Kevin H. Kim (University of Pittsburgh) and Ke-Hai Yuan (University of Notre Dame)
Testing homogeneity of covariances with infrequent missing data patterns
16:30-17:00 Manabu Sato (Hiroshima Prefectural College of Health Sciences)
On the identification problem of the factor analysis model: A review and an application for an estimation of air pollution source profiles and amounts
17:30-20:00 Banquet (Nakanoshima Center, 9th floor)

October 4 Morning Session
(Monday)
Chair: Ke-Hai Yuan
9:00-10:00 Haruo Yanai (National Center for University Entrance Examinations)
Matrix methods and its relationships with factor analysis
10:00-10:30 Ryo Yoshida (Institute of Mathematical Statistics),
Tomoyuki Higuchi (Institute of Mathematical Statistics) and
Seiya Imoto (University of Tokyo)
Mixed factors analysis for finding groups in gene expression pattern
Coffee Break(7F)
 
Chair: Haruo Yanai
11:00-12:00 Albert Satorra (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Multitrait multimethod models with data incomplete by design
12:00-12:30 Yutaka Kano (Osaka University)
Noniterative estimation and its properties in exploratory factor analysis

FA100atOsaka Organizing Committee
Yutaka Kano (Osaka University, Chair)
Kohei Adachi (Ritsumeikan University)
Manabu Kuroki (Osaka University)
Tomoyuki Sugimoto (Osaka University)
Yusuke Miyamoto (Osaka University)