Question 1

The error variance is the source of variance that is external to variables or factors such as faulty measurement or other error sources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Cross-loadings exist in a solution with simple structure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Multivariate statistical techniques fall into two broad categories of using dependence and interdependence techniques.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A researcher who is uncertain about the number of factors and which variables belong to each factor might pursue ____.

Accepted Answer

A) statistical analysis 
B) regression analysis 
C) exploratory factor analysis 
D) composite analysis

Question 5

The most common type of factor rotation is ____.

Accepted Answer

A) factor loading 
B) varimax 
C) minmax 
D) promax

Question 6

In factor analysis,"communality" is a measure of the percentage of a variable's variation that can be explained by the factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Multivariate statistics that make no distinction between independent and dependent variables and seek to identify the underlying structure of a set of data are known as ____________________ techniques.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Multivariate statistics that make no distinction between...

Question 8

Which type of variance is unique to each individual variable?

Accepted Answer

A) common variance 
B) specific variance 
C) error variance 
D) systematic variance

Question 9

The two basic groups of multivariate techniques are ____.

Accepted Answer

A) dependence methods and interdependence methods 
B) primary methods and secondary methods 
C) simple methods and complex methods 
D) partial methods and complete methods

Question 10

All of the following are examples of interdependence methods of analysis EXCEPT ____.

Accepted Answer

A) factor analysis 
B) cluster analysis 
C) principal components analysis 
D) multiple regression analysis

Question 11

Which type of variance is characterized by communality?

Accepted Answer

A) common variance 
B) specific variance 
C) error variance 
D) systematic variance

Question 12

Which statistical technique identifies components based on all three sources of variance?

Accepted Answer

A) factor loading 
B) principal components analysis 
C) logistic regression 
D) multiple linear regression

Question 13

A factor loading indicates how strongly a measured variable is correlated with a factor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In cluster analysis,each cluster should have low internal homogeneity and high external heterogeneity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What are the two important pieces of information that exploratory factor analysis provides?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are the two important pieces of...

Exam 21: Multivariate Data Analysis: Analytics With Interdependence Techniques

The error variance is the source of variance that is external to variables or factors such as faulty measurement or other error sources.

Cross-loadings exist in a solution with simple structure.

Multivariate statistical techniques fall into two broad categories of using dependence and interdependence techniques.

A researcher who is uncertain about the number of factors and which variables belong to each factor might pursue ____.

The most common type of factor rotation is ____.

In factor analysis,"communality" is a measure of the percentage of a variable's variation that can be explained by the factors.

Multivariate statistics that make no distinction between independent and dependent variables and seek to identify the underlying structure of a set of data are known as ____________________ techniques.

Which type of variance is unique to each individual variable?

The two basic groups of multivariate techniques are ____.

All of the following are examples of interdependence methods of analysis EXCEPT ____.

Which type of variance is characterized by communality?

Which statistical technique identifies components based on all three sources of variance?

A factor loading indicates how strongly a measured variable is correlated with a factor.

In cluster analysis,each cluster should have low internal homogeneity and high external heterogeneity.

What are the two important pieces of information that exploratory factor analysis provides?