Factor Analysis Uses Three Steps in Arriving at a Solution

question 32

Multiple Choice

Factor analysis uses three steps in arriving at a solution.The first step is to

• A) develop a set of correlations between all combinations of variables
• B) sort the data by cases from lowest to highest
• C) determine the optimum number of factors to explain the variables
• D) rotate the factors

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Definitions:

Erikson

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