How Good are Our Measures? Investigating the Appropriate Use of Factor Analysis for Survey Instruments

Background: Evaluation work frequently utilizes factor analysis to establish the dimensionality, reliability, and stability of surveys. However, survey data is typically ordinal, violating the assumptions of most statistical methods, and thus is often factor-analyzed inappropriately.   Purpose: This...

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Main Authors: Megan Sanders (Author), P. Cristian Gugiu (Author), Patricia Enciso (Author)
Format: Book
Published: The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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