The Various Methods of Factor Analysis Are Differentiated by the Approach

question 12

True/False

The various methods of factor analysis are differentiated by the approach used to derive the weights or factor score coefficients.

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Definitions:

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing all the numbers and then dividing by the count of the numbers.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the count of values.

Skewed

Describes a situation where a distribution of data is not symmetrical and may lean towards one side, either to the left or right, indicating potential outliers or a deviation from the normal distribution.

IQR

Interquartile range, a measure of statistical dispersion being the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles.