Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis: Understanding Concepts and Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591470935 ISBN 13: 9781591470939

Publisher: American Psychological Assoc, 2004

Synopsis

This volume presents the important concepts required for implementing two disciplines of factor analysis - exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with an emphasis on EFA/CFA linkages. Modern extensions of older data analysis methods (e.g., ANOVA, regression, MANOVA, and descriptive discriminant analysis) have brought theory-testing procedures to the analytic forefront. Variations of factor analysis, such as the factoring of people or time, have great potential to inform psychological research. Thompson deftly presents highly technical material in an appealing and accessible manner. The book is unique in that it presents both exploratory and confirmatory methods within the single category of the general linear model (GLM). Canons of best factor analytic practice are presented and explained. An actual data set, generated by 100 graduate students and 100 faculty from the United States and Canada, is used throughout the book, allowing readers to replicate reported results.

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Thompson is a professor and distinguished research scholar at the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, adjunct professor of family and community medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston), and professor of interdisciplinary health sciences at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychological Assoc
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591470935
• ISBN 13: 9781591470939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Thompson B.