Question 1

What should be an appropriate value for the determinant?

Accepted Answer

A)  Larger than 0.001 
B)  Smaller than 0.0001 
C)  Smaller than 0.00001 
D)  Larger than 0.00001 
A)  Larger than 0.001 
B)  Smaller than 0.0001 
C)  Smaller than 0.00001 
D)  Larger than 0.00001 D

Question 2

Which of the following items could have a factor loading of -.689 which is labelled 'empathy'?

Accepted Answer

A)  I am often unaffected when people around me are upset. 
B)  I rarely get angry. 
C)  I am often in tune with other people's emotions. 
D)  When people are treated unfairly, I often get upset. 
A)  I am often unaffected when people around me are upset. 
B)  I rarely get angry. 
C)  I am often in tune with other people's emotions. 
D)  When people are treated unfairly, I often get upset. A

Question 3

A factor loading is the relationship…

Accepted Answer

A)  between a single variable and the entire questionnaire. 
B)  between a single factor and the entire questionnaire. 
C)  between two factors 
D)  between a single variable and an individual factor. 
A)  between a single variable and the entire questionnaire. 
B)  between a single factor and the entire questionnaire. 
C)  between two factors 
D)  between a single variable and an individual factor. D

Question 4

How many factors were extracted from the analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  6 
B)  4 
C)  2 
D)  3 
A)  6 
B)  4 
C)  2 
D)  3

Question 5

What was the total amount of variance explained by the two factors together, after rotation?

Accepted Answer

A)  52.737% 
B)  27.234% 
C)  25.502% 
D)  1.530% 
A)  52.737% 
B)  27.234% 
C)  25.502% 
D)  1.530%

Question 6

Looking at the communalities, which variable shares the most variance with the entire dataset?

Accepted Answer

A)  Backwards digit 
B)  Rhyme detection 
C)  Digit recall 
D)  Consonant detection 
A)  Backwards digit 
B)  Rhyme detection 
C)  Digit recall 
D)  Consonant detection

Question 7

When running a factor analysis, what type of rotation method should be selected?

Accepted Answer

A)  None 
B)  Quartimax 
C)  Varimax 
D)  Direct Oblimin 
A)  None 
B)  Quartimax 
C)  Varimax 
D)  Direct Oblimin

Question 8

What is the primary aim of a factor analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  To judge the internal consistency of a measure 
B)  To reduce the amount of variables in the dataset 
C)  To test how predictor variables may explain variance in an outcome variable 
D)  To test for nonlinear relationships between variables 
A)  To judge the internal consistency of a measure 
B)  To reduce the amount of variables in the dataset 
C)  To test how predictor variables may explain variance in an outcome variable 
D)  To test for nonlinear relationships between variables

Question 9

What statistic can be used to determine how many factors are present in our analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bartlett's test of sphericity 
B)  Eigenvalues 
C)  Determinant 
D)  KMO 
A)  Bartlett's test of sphericity 
B)  Eigenvalues 
C)  Determinant 
D)  KMO

Question 10

Looking at the factor loadings, which item loads onto both factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhyme detection 
B)  Sentence repetition 
C)  Consonant detection 
D)  Digit recall 
A)  Rhyme detection 
B)  Sentence repetition 
C)  Consonant detection 
D)  Digit recall

Question 11

A latent variable is…

Accepted Answer

A)  a variable that is positively correlated with another. 
B)  a variable that contributes a single composite variable. 
C)  a single variable that consists of several related variables. 
D)  a variable that is negatively correlated with another. 
A)  a variable that is positively correlated with another. 
B)  a variable that contributes a single composite variable. 
C)  a single variable that consists of several related variables. 
D)  a variable that is negatively correlated with another.

Question 12

For the worksheet analysis, what is the determinant value, and has the assumption been met or not?

Accepted Answer

A)  p < .001 and the assumption has been met 
B)  p < .001 and the assumption has not been met 
C)  .573 and the assumption has not been met 
D)  .573 and the assumption has been met 
A)  p < .001 and the assumption has been met 
B)  p < .001 and the assumption has not been met 
C)  .573 and the assumption has not been met 
D)  .573 and the assumption has been met

Question 13

If we have a Cronbach's alpha score of .801, then how should this be interpreted?

Accepted Answer

A)  Good reliability 
B)  Excellent reliability 
C)  Questionable reliability 
D)  Acceptable reliability 
A)  Good reliability 
B)  Excellent reliability 
C)  Questionable reliability 
D)  Acceptable reliability

Question 14

If we wanted to know if the reliability would improve if an item was removed from the measure then…

Accepted Answer

A)  we should look at the corrected item-total correlation. 
B)  we should look at the scale if item deleted score. 
C)  we should run as many reliability analyses as possible and take the highest scoring outcome. 
D)  we should run a factor analysis. 
A)  we should look at the corrected item-total correlation. 
B)  we should look at the scale if item deleted score. 
C)  we should run as many reliability analyses as possible and take the highest scoring outcome. 
D)  we should run a factor analysis.

Question 15

What does the KMO statistic tell us?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sampling adequacy 
B)  Correlations between the items in the dataset 
C)  Whether the data is normally distributed 
D)  That there is no singularity in the data 
A)  Sampling adequacy 
B)  Correlations between the items in the dataset 
C)  Whether the data is normally distributed 
D)  That there is no singularity in the data

Exam 19: Factor Analysis

What should be an appropriate value for the determinant?

Which of the following items could have a factor loading of -.689 which is labelled 'empathy'?

A factor loading is the relationship…

How many factors were extracted from the analysis?

What was the total amount of variance explained by the two factors together, after rotation?

Looking at the communalities, which variable shares the most variance with the entire dataset?

When running a factor analysis, what type of rotation method should be selected?

What is the primary aim of a factor analysis?

What statistic can be used to determine how many factors are present in our analysis?

Looking at the factor loadings, which item loads onto both factors?

A latent variable is…

For the worksheet analysis, what is the determinant value, and has the assumption been met or not?

If we have a Cronbach's alpha score of .801, then how should this be interpreted?

If we wanted to know if the reliability would improve if an item was removed from the measure then…

What does the KMO statistic tell us?

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