The Quality of Factor Solutions in Exploratory Factor Analysis: The Influence of Sample Size, Communality, and Overdetermination

Autor/inn/en	Hogarty, Kristine Y.; Hines, Constance V.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D.; Ferron, John M.; Mumford, Karen R.
Titel	The Quality of Factor Solutions in Exploratory Factor Analysis: The Influence of Sample Size, Communality, and Overdetermination
Quelle	In: Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65 (2005) 2, S.202-226 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1644
DOI	10.1177/0013164404267287
Schlagwörter	Sample Size; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Evaluation Methods; Research Methodology; Psychological Studies; Educational Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sample size and the quality of factor solutions obtained from exploratory factor analysis. This research expanded upon the range of conditions previously examined, employing a broad selection of criteria for the evaluation of the quality of sample factor solutions. Results showed that when communalities are high, sample size tended to have less influence on the quality of factor solutions than when communalities are low. Overdetermination of factors was also shown to improve the factor analysis solution. Finally, decisions about the quality of the factor solution depended upon which criteria were examined. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10