In General, How Does the Number of Factors Resulting from a Factor

question 18

Multiple Choice

In general, how does the number of factors resulting from a factor analysis compare to the original number of factored variables?

• A) The number of factors is somewhat smaller than the number of original variables.
• B) The number of factors is less than the number of original variables.
• C) It depends on the number of subjects-to-variables ratio.
• D) None of the above is correct.

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