Exam 9: Exploratory Factor Analysis

A researcher wishes to determine the factor structure of 20 continuous items and identify substantive meaning for those factors, for which existing theory for determining the relationships between variables is minimal. Which one of the following procedures is more appropriate?

Which one of the following would be variables with the most appropriate measurement scales for conventional factor analysis?

Outlying variables can be determined by which one of the following?

Which one of the following factor loadings would lead to a recommendation to discard a variable in a factor?

Finding which one of the following types of variance is the goal of exploratory factor analysis?

If your goal is only data reduction, which one of the following should be applied to your data?

What type of evidence is exploratory factor analysis often used to determine?

Exploratory factor analysis is also sometimes known as which one of the following?

Which one of the following may arise when using binary data in conventional factor analysis?

Which one of the following factor loadings would lead to a recommendation to discard a variable in a factor?