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+# jaspFactor (development version)
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+## [Pull Request #235](https://github.com/jasp-stats/jaspFactor/pull/235):
+- CFA:
+  - Major changes:
+    - add more estimators to allow robust estimation (ordinal data should be fully supported now)
+
+  - Minor changes CFA:
+    - Standardized output is restructured
+    - Standardization now also for bootstrapped estimates
+
+## [Pull Request #239](https://github.com/jasp-stats/jaspFactor/pull/239):
+- add covariance matrix input for CFA, EFA, and PCA
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