Key Statistical Techniques

Which Test: Factor Analysis (FA, EFA, PCA, CFA)

April 4, 2017

Confused about when to use FA, EFA, PCA, or CFA? Well, all of them are interdependence methods in which no single variable or group of variables are defined as being independent or dependent. The statistical procedure involves the analysis of all variables in the data set simultaneously so the goal of these interdependence procedures is to uncover structure by grouping of variables (as in factor analysis) rather than respondents (typically in cluster analysis) or objects (typically in perceptual mapping). So interdependence methods do not attempt to predict one or more variable by others as [READ MORE]
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