Factor Analysis
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Factor Analysis Overview
Factor analysis is an approach to describing, if possible, the covariance relationships among many variables in terms of a few underlying, but unobservable, ...
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Factor Analysis Example
The following example is based around a customer satisfaction survey for a hotel, in which we have a question that asks the customer to rate a number of attr...
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Creating a New Factor Analysis
In the Analyst toolbox, expand the Advanced analytics folder, right-click on the Factor Analysis folder and select Insert Factor Analysis (inside) . Figure...
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Determining the Number of Factors to Retain
It is possible to select the number of components extracted in a factor analysis as being equal to the number of observed variables being analyzed. This mean...
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Factor Analysis Output
Once variables have been added, and any adjustments to the advanced settings have been made, click Run factor analysis to produce a calculation output as in ...
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Creating Factor Scores Variables in the Data Source
Once the analysis is complete, it is often desirable to assign scores to each respondent to indicate where that subject stands on the retained factors. In ou...