Exam 15: Other Multivariate Techiques

Jose wants to predict employees likely to leave versus those who are not likely leave the company based on the number of years an individual has worked for the company and their level of satisfaction with their job. The most appropriate type of analysis for Jose to use would be _____.

PLS-SEM cannot be used when there are missing values.

In PLS-SEM, the inner model is concerned with the estimation of the loadings and the reliability and validity of the latent constructs.

Which is NOT a phase to be performed in cluster analysis?

_____ techniques divide variables into independent and dependent sets for analysis purposes.

The latent root criterion for determining the number of factors to retain is that with principle components analysis, factors that have a latent root of _____ or higher are retained.

_____ is an interdependence multivariate technique that enables us to combine objects into groups so that objects within each of the groups are similar to each other and different from objects in all other groups.

The _____ variance is that portion of the total variance that is shared with all the original variables in the analysis.

The overall predictive accuracy of an estimated discriminant function is called the _____.

Hugo knows little about the unique and error variance and he wants to examine the original variables in terms of their common underlying dimensions. Which type of multivariate statistical technique should he use?

Compare and contrast cluster analysis and factor analysis.

Procedures used to group objects that are similar in cluster analysis all can be classified into two types, which are ____.

Harriet is examining the demographic and psychographic characteristics of the individuals in each cluster in an attempt to explain why the individuals were grouped in the manner they were. Harriet is _________ clusters.

_____ represents the row sum of squared factor loadings and tells us how much of the variance in a particular variable is accounted for by the factor solution.

In PLS-SEM, the outer model is concerned with the estimation, direction and strength of the path linkages between constructs.

The _____ is the total amount of variance in a factor analysis.

A factor analysis solution that does not show the smaller, less significant factor loadings is called a(n) _____.

The first factor derived in factor analysis is the combination of variables that accounts for _____ of the variance in the data as a whole than any other combination of the original variables.

Which of the following represents the correlation between an original variable and a derived factor?

The rule of thumb for the percentage of variance criterion for retaining factors in factor analysis is that a factor solution should account for a minimum of _____ percent of the total variance.