Have you read about IRT estimation? IRT models, developed for the
educational literature, are designed to infer some latent variable, in one
or more dimensions, from a series of related indicators. A discussion can be
found in Gelman and Hill's volume. Hope this is useful.

Eric Magar
Departamento de Ciencia Política
ITAM, México DF
+52 55 5628 4079



On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Ebru Altinoglu <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Any suggestion on how to assess dimensionality of multiple indicators with
> TSCS or panel data? (I am trying to construct a dependent variable using
> multiple indicators, and believe that they form more than one dimension.) I
> assume that regular factor-analysis won't work with TSCS data. Yet could not
> find any method to use instead.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ebru
>
>
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>
> Ebru Altinoglu
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Political Science
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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