Exploratory factor analysis: A five-step guide for novices

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Williams, Brett ^a   Onsman, Andrys ^a   Brown, Ted ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EXPLORATORY FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 78649579593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14474999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33151/ajp.8.3.93     Document Type: Article

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