Factor Analysis

Topic: Factor Analysis

1. Factor Analysis Presentations and Videos

2. Readings - Read these prior to on-campus presentation

de Vaus text

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)

3. Supplemental Material

Factor analysis data

Reading Factor Analysis results for purpose of selecting items

Example Presentations

Read
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