If one is developing an instrument and has to run an EFA, which method should be used. Principal Component or Principal Axis Factoring. Any source of information will be helpful.
Hi Chaudry, it depends on what model underlies your measures, that is, whether your items reflect the latent variable you are trying to measure or whether you think they are 'causing' (formative) the latent variable. Have a look at the following paper, in my opinion one of the best papers on psychometrics ever written.Article Conventional Wisdom on Measurement: A Structural Equation Perspective