An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0415094909 ISBN13: 9780415094900 Release Date: November 1993 Publisher: Routledge Length: 208 Pages Weight: 0.54 lbs. Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5" Factor analysis is a statistical technique widely used in psychology and the social sciences. With the advent of powerful computers, factor analysis and other multivariate methods are now available to many more people. An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis presents and explains factor analysis as clearly and simply as possible. The author, Paul Kline, carefully defines all statistical terms and demonstrates step-by-step how to work out a simple example of principal components analysis and rotation. He further explains other methods of factor analysis, including confirmatory and path analysis, and concludes with a discussion of the use of the technique with various examples.An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis is the clearest, most comprehensible introduction to factor analysis for stud