Applied Psychology: Factor Analysis
Writing Up A Factor Analysis
James Neill
Centre for Applied Psychology
University of Canberra
30 March, 2008
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia
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Table of Contents
CHECKLIST 2 About 2 Theoretical underpinning 2 Results 2 Assumption testing 2 Type of FA 2 Number of Factors & Items Removed 2 Rotation 2 Factor Loadings 2 Label Factors 3 Reliability Analyses 3 Discussion 3 SAMPLE FACTOR ANALYSIS WRITE-UP 4 (Summary of the) Introduction (as related to the factor analysis) 4 (Summary of the) Method 5 Participants 5 Materials 5 Procedure 5 Results 6 Data Screening 6 Factor Analysis 6 Discussion (key points) 10 References 11
CHECKLIST
About
This section provides a checklist of content to consider covering for factor analysis in your lab report. This is not an exhaustive-to-be-followed-to-the-letter list. Rather, you should take your own approach, whilst complying with APA style, in order to clearly demonstrate your understanding of factor analysis and the way in which you have applied the technique in your study.
Theoretical underpinning
A good report will also explain the theoretical underpinning of the structure of the constructs being measured in the introduction and discussion. The introduction might review and critique previous conceptualisations and measurements and could summarise previous factor analyses. The discussion might summarise and critique the present study’s findings about the structure of the constructs of interest.
Results
Assumption testing
In the results, describe how you went about testing the assumptions for FA. Details regarding Measures of Sampling Adequacy should be reported. Strive to be thorough, but clear and succinct.
Type of
James Neill
Centre for Applied Psychology
University of Canberra
30 March, 2008
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
Table of Contents
CHECKLIST 2 About 2 Theoretical underpinning 2 Results 2 Assumption testing 2 Type of FA 2 Number of Factors & Items Removed 2 Rotation 2 Factor Loadings 2 Label Factors 3 Reliability Analyses 3 Discussion 3 SAMPLE FACTOR ANALYSIS WRITE-UP 4 (Summary of the) Introduction (as related to the factor analysis) 4 (Summary of the) Method 5 Participants 5 Materials 5 Procedure 5 Results 6 Data Screening 6 Factor Analysis 6 Discussion (key points) 10 References 11
CHECKLIST
About
This section provides a checklist of content to consider covering for factor analysis in your lab report. This is not an exhaustive-to-be-followed-to-the-letter list. Rather, you should take your own approach, whilst complying with APA style, in order to clearly demonstrate your understanding of factor analysis and the way in which you have applied the technique in your study.
Theoretical underpinning
A good report will also explain the theoretical underpinning of the structure of the constructs being measured in the introduction and discussion. The introduction might review and critique previous conceptualisations and measurements and could summarise previous factor analyses. The discussion might summarise and critique the present study’s findings about the structure of the constructs of interest.
Results
Assumption testing
In the results, describe how you went about testing the assumptions for FA. Details regarding Measures of Sampling Adequacy should be reported. Strive to be thorough, but clear and succinct.
Type of