Which one of the following reflects an appropriately scaled latent construct?
A) five observed variables load onto a latent construct
B) the metric of a latent construct has been fixed to the metric of another latent construct
C) the number of elements in the variance-covariance matrix is greater than the freely estimated parameters
D) the variance of a latent construct has been fixed to 1.0

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Second, latent constructs must be scaled in one of two ways: (a) fix the variance of the construct to a specified value, usually 1.0; or (b) fix the metric of the construct by scaling to an observed variable (i.e., scaling an indicator variable).

Which One of the Following Reflects an Appropriately Scaled Latent