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Factor analysis involves 4 main steps: 1) computing a correlation matrix of all variables, 2) extracting initial factors using principal component analysis, 3) rotating factors to achieve a simple structure, and 4) making a final decision on the number of underlying factors. In the first step, variables are examined to ensure they are correlated and appropriate for factor analysis. Statistical tests like Bartlett's test of sphericity and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy are used. In the second step, principal component analysis extracts initial factors to estimate the number of underlying factors based on eigenvalues above 1 and a scree plot analysis.
Factor analysis involves 4 main steps: 1) computing a correlation matrix of all variables, 2) extracting initial factors using principal component analysis, 3) rotating factors to achieve a simple structure, and 4) making a final decision on the number of underlying factors. In the first step, variables are examined to ensure they are correlated and appropriate for factor analysis. Statistical tests like Bartlett's test of sphericity and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy are used. In the second step, principal component analysis extracts initial factors to estimate the number of underlying factors based on eigenvalues above 1 and a scree plot analysis.
Factor analysis involves 4 main steps: 1) computing a correlation matrix of all variables, 2) extracting initial factors using principal component analysis, 3) rotating factors to achieve a simple structure, and 4) making a final decision on the number of underlying factors. In the first step, variables are examined to ensure they are correlated and appropriate for factor analysis. Statistical tests like Bartlett's test of sphericity and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy are used. In the second step, principal component analysis extracts initial factors to estimate the number of underlying factors based on eigenvalues above 1 and a scree plot analysis.
1st Step : the correlation matrix for all variables is computed 2nd Step : Factor extraction 3rd Step : Factor rotation 4th Step : Make final decisions about the number of underlying factors 1st Step : the correlation matrix enerate a correlation matrix for all variables !dentify variables not related to other variables !f the correlation bet"een variables are small# it is unlikely that they share common factors $variables must be related to each other for the factor model to be appropriate%& 'hink of correlations in absolute value& (orrelation coefficients greater than )&3 in absolute value are indicative of acceptable correlations& *xamine visually the appropriateness of the factor model& Bartlett Test of Sphericity: used to test the hypothesis the correlation matrix is an identity matrix $all diagonal terms are 1 and all off+diagonal terms are )%& !f the value of the test statistic for sphericity is large and the associated significance level is small# it is unlikely that the population correlation matrix is an identity& !f the hypothesis that the population correlation matrix is an identity cannot be re,ected because the observed significance level is large# the use of the factor model should be reconsidered& The Kaiser-eyer-!lkin "K!# measure of sampling ade$uacy: is an index for comparing the magnitude of the observed correlation coefficients to the magnitude of the partial correlation coefficients& 'he closer the -M. measure to 1 indicate a si/eable sampling ade0uacy $&1 and higher are great# &2 is acceptable# &3 is mediocre# less than &4 is unaccaptable %& 5easonably large values are needed for a good factor analysis& Small -M. values indicate that a factor analysis of the variables may not be a good idea& %nd Step : Factor extraction 'he primary ob,ective of this stage is to determine the factors& !nitial decisions can be made here about the number of factors underlying a set of measured variables& *stimates of initial factors are obtained using &rincipal components analysis& 'he principal components analysis is the most commonly used extraction method & .ther factor extraction methods include: Maximum likelihood method 6rincipal axis factoring 7lpha method 8n"eighted lease s0uares method enerali/ed least s0uare method !mage factoring& !n principal components analysis# linear com'inations of the observed variables are formed& 'he 1st principal component is the combination that accounts for the largest amount of variance in the sample $1st extracted factor%& 'he 2nd principle component accounts for the next largest amount of variance and is uncorrelated (ith the first $2nd extracted factor%& Successive components explain progressively smaller portions of the total sample variance# and all are uncorrelated "ith each other& 'o decide on ho" many factors "e need to represent the data# "e use 2 statistical criteria: )igen *alues+ and 'he Scree &lot& 'he determination of the number of factors is usually done by considering only factors "ith *igen values greater than 1& Factors "ith a variance less than 1 are no better than a single variable# since each variable is expected to have a variance of 1& 'he examination of the Scree plot provides a visual of the total variance associated "ith each factor& 'he steep slope sho"s the large factors& 'he gradual trailing off $scree% sho"s the rest of the factors usually lo"er than an *igen value of 1& !n choosing the number of factors# in addition to the statistical criteria# one should make initial decisions based on conceptual and theoretical grounds& 7t this stage# the decision about the number of factors is not final&