Title Making sense of factor analysis : the use of factor analysis for instrument development in health care research / Marjorie A. Pett, Nancy R. Lackey, John J. Sullivan

Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2003] Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., [2003] ©2003 ©2003

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Description xvi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents An overview of factor analysis -- Designing and testing the instrument -- Assessing the characteristics of matrices -- Extracting the initial factors -- Rotating the factors -- Evaluating and refining the factors -- Interpreting factors and generating factor scores -- Reporting and replicating the results Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Also available online Subject Factor analysis. Medical care -- Research -- Statistical methods. Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods. Author Lackey, Nancy R. (Nancy Rebecca) Sullivan, John J., 1919-2001. LC no. 2002156318 ISBN 076191949X (cloth) 0761919503 (paperback)

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