Risky business: factor analysis of survey data – assessing the probability of incorrect dimensionalisation
(2015)
Journal Article
van der Eijk, C., & Rose, J. (2015). Risky business: factor analysis of survey data – assessing the probability of incorrect dimensionalisation. PLoS ONE, 10(3), Article 0118900. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118900
This paper undertakes a systematic assessment of the extent to which factor analysis the correct number of latent dimensions (factors) when applied to ordered categorical survey items (so-called Likert items). We simulate 2400 data sets of uni-dimens... Read More about Risky business: factor analysis of survey data – assessing the probability of incorrect dimensionalisation.