Which of the Following Accurately Describes How Factor Analysis Is

question 321

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately describes how factor analysis is used to identify personality traits?

• A)Factor analysis allows researchers to create operational definitions of theoretically generated personality traits.
• B)Factor analysis permits trait inferences by examining people's responses to ambiguous stimuli.
• C)Factor analysis identifies clusters of highly correlated specific behaviours that are assumed to reflect a single trait.
• D)Factor analysis guides researchers who are using intuition in constructing their traits.

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