Factor analysis is a technique used to reduce a large number of variables into fewer underlying factors. It can be used to analyze questions designed to measure difficult to observe concepts like IQ or depression. There are two main types: confirmatory factor analysis which tests hypotheses about a predetermined factor structure, and exploratory factor analysis which is used to determine the number of factors and which questions measure each factor without preconceptions. The document then discusses various outputs from running factor analysis in SPSS and how they can be interpreted, concluding that four key factors were identified relating to clarity of information, decency, helpfulness of contacts, and reliability.
Factor analysis is a technique used to reduce a large number of variables into fewer underlying factors. It can be used to analyze questions designed to measure difficult to observe concepts like IQ or depression. There are two main types: confirmatory factor analysis which tests hypotheses about a predetermined factor structure, and exploratory factor analysis which is used to determine the number of factors and which questions measure each factor without preconceptions. The document then discusses various outputs from running factor analysis in SPSS and how they can be interpreted, concluding that four key factors were identified relating to clarity of information, decency, helpfulness of contacts, and reliability.
Factor analysis is a technique used to reduce a large number of variables into fewer underlying factors. It can be used to analyze questions designed to measure difficult to observe concepts like IQ or depression. There are two main types: confirmatory factor analysis which tests hypotheses about a predetermined factor structure, and exploratory factor analysis which is used to determine the number of factors and which questions measure each factor without preconceptions. The document then discusses various outputs from running factor analysis in SPSS and how they can be interpreted, concluding that four key factors were identified relating to clarity of information, decency, helpfulness of contacts, and reliability.
CHOPRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDWf3jAc bP0 When to use Markdown Price? Factor Analysis DR. ANU NAGPAL CHOPRA • Factor analysis is a technique that is used to reduce a large number of variables into fewer numbers of factors • Such “underlying factors” are often variables that are difficult to measure such as IQ, depression or extraversion. For measuring these, we often try to write multiple questions that -at least partially- reflect such factors. TYPES OF FACTOR ANALYSIS- • Confirmatory factor analysis
• Exploratory factor analysis
Research questions for this analysis are: • how many factors are measured by our 16 questions? • which questions measure similar factors? • which satisfaction aspects are represented by which factors? Running Factor Analysis in SPSS OUTPUT 1 Factor Analysis Output II - Scree Plot Factor Analysis Output III - Communalities Factor Analysis Output IV - Component Matrix Factor Analysis Output V - Rotated Component Matrix • After interpreting all components in a similar fashion, we arrived at the following descriptions: