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I have a factor analysis model defined by:

$x = m + Wz + e$

where $x$ is a p-dimensional visible variable, $m$ is a constant vector, and $z$ is a $n$-dimensional Gaussian latent variable with $z$ ~ $N(0, I)$, $W$ is a $p\times m$ matrix and $e$ is a $p$-dimensional with $e$ ~ $N(0, \Psi$) - it is the factor loadings matrix. $Z$ and $e$ are independent.

$p(x)$ is defined by the model is Gaussian, but how do I find its mean?

Also, what is the explicit joint distribution of $p(z, x)$?

Andre Silva
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