RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS

REASONS FOR EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS: The following are the reasons
why will use explorative factor analysis
 To reduce a large number of variables into fewer numbers of factors.
 To extract maximum common variance from all variables and puts them into a
common score.
 Factor Analysis in SPSS to conduct a Factor Analysis, start from the “Analyze”
menu.
  To identify the underlying relationships between measured variables.

TYPES OF FACTOR ANALYSIS: The following are the types of factor analysis
 Th direct factor analysis.
 The distributed factor analysis.
 The Augmentative factor analysis.