FA
Correlated
Allows
These
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during a reactor
meltdown
These
It
Stupidity
is a latent variable.
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Weve
We
Notice
We
What is FA?
Patterns
Process
What is FA?
FA
Although
And
General Steps to FA
Step
Step
Step
3: Factor Extraction
Step
Step
5: Interpretation
good factor:
Makes
will
sense
be easy to interpret
simple
Lacks
structure
complex loadings
Problems w/ FA
It
There
There
Number
of factors to extract
Communality
estimates
ETC
This
Types of FA
Exploratory
FA
Summarizing
Investigating
Usually
The
Types of FA
Confirmatory
FA
More
advanced technique
When
Testing
This
Terminology
Orthogonal Rotation
Loading Matrix correlation
Oblique Rotation
Factor Correlation
factors
Structure Matrix correlation between factors and
variables
Pattern Matrix unique relationship between each
factor and variable uncontaminated by overlap
between the factors
Terminology
Factor
FA: What are the underlying processes that could produce these
correlations?; PCA: Just summarize empirical associations, very data
driven
FA
PCA