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#20 Factor Analysis

12/2/2020

Social Research Methods

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24:56

Factor analysis reduces complexity of data by extracting a few factors. It delivers underlying coordinates in an otherwise complicated set of variables. We use factor analysis for instance to understand the basic independent dimensions of personality. All slides to the entire series can be downloaded for free here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/social-research-methods/

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