Kaleesha Has Developed 50 Items to Measure Social Isolation Among

Multiple Choice

Kaleesha has developed 50 items to measure social isolation among high school students.She constructed the items by first identifying what she thought were four dimensions of social isolation,and then developing items to reflect each dimension.She now wants to use a statistical technique that will determine which items "hang together" in terms of how respondents answered them,so that she can determine if her conceptually identified dimensions are supported empirically.It would be best to use

A) path analysis
B) time-series analysis.
C) path analysis.
D) factor analysis.
E) content analysis.