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Title Repairing Tom Swift’s Electric Factor Analysis Machine
Author Preacher, K. J., MacCallum, R. C.
Source Understanding Statistics, 2, pp. 13-43
Year 2003
Access date 01.10.2011
Abstract
| Proper use of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) requires the researcher to make a series of careful decisions. Despite attempts by Floyd and Widaman (1995), Fabrigar, Wegener, MacCallum, and Strahan (1999), and others to elucidate critical issues involved in these decisions, examples of questionable use of EFA are still common in the applied factor analysis literature. Poor decisions regarding the model to be used, the criteria used to decide how many factors to retain, and the rotation method can have drastic consequences for the quality and meaningfulness of factor analytic results. One commonly used approach--principal components analysis, retention of components with eigenvalues greater than 1.0, and varimax rotation of these components--is shown to have potentially serious negative consequences. In addition, choosing arbitrary thresholds for factor loadings to be considered large, using single indicators for factors, and violating the linearity assumptions underlying EFA can have negative consequences for interpretation of results. It is demonstrated that, when decisions are carefully made, EFA can yield unambiguous and meaningful results. |
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Web survey bibliography - 2003 (90)
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- The science of asking questions; 2003; Schaeffer, N. C., Presser, S.
- The democratization of research; 2003; MacElroy, B.
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- Response latency methodology for survey research: Measurement and modeling strategies; 2003; Mulligan, K., T., Mockabee, S. T., Grant, J. T., Monson, J. Q.
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- Introduction to survey quality; 2003; Biemer, P. P., Lyberg, L. E.
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- Cognitive Aspects of Survey Measurement and Mismeasurement; 2003; Tourangeau, R.
- Effect of Alternative Data Collection Modes on Cooperation Rates and Data Quality; 2003; Brady, S. E., Stapleton, C. N., Bouffard, J. A., Imel, J. D.
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- Make Way for Web Surveys; 2003; Bankston, K.
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- Web Survey Mailer System; 2003; Barrios, E.
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- Be prepared; 2003; Fitzgerald, A.
- Watch out for dropouts; 2003; Hogg, A., Miller, J.
- Persuasive e-mail invitations; 2003; MacElroy, B.
- Online sample -- can you trust it?; 2003; Maginnis, C.
- Best practices for online research; 2003; Smith, L.
- WebSurveyor and Surveywriter; 2003; Macer, T.
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- Conducting Research on the Internet: Online Survey Design, Development and Implementation Guidelines; 2003; Andrews, D., Nonnecke, B., Preece, J.
- Understanding the effects of audio-CASI on self-reports of sensitive behavior; 2003; Couper, M. P., Singer, E., Tourangeau, R.
- Internet-based intervention to promote organ donor registry participation and family notification; 2003; Merion, R. M., Vinokur, A. D., Couper, M. P.
- Going mobile. The future of mobile data collection software, hardware, and research methodology; 2003; Cameron, M. R., Weisberg, J. R.
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- The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts...; 2003; Hewett, P. C., Erulkar, A. S., Mensch, B. S.
- Broadening Public Access to Data through the Development of Tools for Data Novices; 2003; Card, J. J., Shapiro, L., Amarillas, A., McKean, E., Kuhn, T.
- Massive Questionnaires for Personality Capture; 2003; Bainbridge, W. S.
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