Factor Analysis Can Help the Test Developer

question 104

Multiple Choice

Factor analysis can help the test developer

• A) to eliminate or revise items that do not load on the predicted factor.
• B) to identify whether test items appear to be measuring the same construct.
• C) Both to eliminate or revise items that do not load on the predicted factor and to identify whether test items appear to be measuring the same construct.
• D) None of these

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