Factor Analysis

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  • de Vaus text
    • 4th edition: Chapter 15 Factor Analysis, p. 257-275
    • 5th edition: Chapter 11 Factor Analysis p. 186-192
    • 6th edition: Chapter 11 Factor Analysis p. 185-191
  • Kootsra Exploratory Factor Analysis (short introduction to factor analysis)
  • UCLA's Annotated SPSS presentation for Factor Analysis (helpful for knowing different commands in SPSS)
  • Neill's Presentation of Factor Analysis (useful as an example of how to present factor analysis results in reports)
  • Jackman Mathematical Presentation of Factor Analysis (posted only for those interested in mathematics of factor analysis)
• Supplemental
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• Factor analysis data
  • Data 1: http://www.bwgriffin.com/gsu/courses/edur9131/temp/studentratingsdata.sav
  • Data 2: http://www.bwgriffin.com/gsu/courses/edur9131/temp/alphadata.sav
  • Alpha Data Questions: http://www.bwgriffin.com/gsu/courses/edur9131/activities/Assignment_6_internal_consistency_data.pdf
• Reading Factor Analysis results for purpose of selecting items
  • Menon 2001
  • Ragheb & Beard 1982
  • Cheng 2004 (messy results)
• Example Presentations
  • to be added