According to Your Textbook,factor Analysis

question 31

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook,factor analysis

• A) derives its name from the "factoring" of correlations.
• B) is a data reduction technique.
• C) will typically yield a publishable study for a researcher.
• D) None of these

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Definitions:

Paired Samples

Two related samples that are typically used in experiments where the members are matched or related in some way, often in before-and-after measurements.

Confidence Interval

A span of quantities, obtained from evaluating sample statistics, envisaged to enfold the value of an unascertained population characteristic.

Margin of Error

The range of values below and above a sample statistic in a survey that estimates the reliability or precision of the sample statistic as an approximation of the population parameter.

Prediction Interval

A range of values that is likely to contain the value of an unknown parameter for future observations.