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Evans, Victoria P. – 1999
The central objective of factor analysis is to explain the greatest amount of variance in a data set with the smallest number of factors. Higher-order analysis is an invaluable tool that offers the benefit of parsimony provided by first-order analysis with the opportunity to make data-based generalizations beyond the first-order. Higher-order…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Social Science Research


