![Cramming Sam](/sites/default/files/resize/remote/7f419a44d7bc2a436d6f8f58afd5de0f-100x100.jpg?itok=9Y5PJzvJ)
![Brain Haemorrhage](/sites/default/files/resize/remote/25ac06df30df3b8b5760bcc3bed22186-100x100.jpg?itok=hs2cAUrZ)
![Jane Superbrain](/sites/default/files/resize/remote/5d3d4191bc1cc4d538c34ab89671cf7c-100x100.jpg?itok=ZqtSUyba)
Multiple choice questions
Varimax rotation should be used when:
Answer choices
- You believe that the underlying factors will be correlated.
- You believe that the underlying factors are non-orthogonal.
- You believe that the underlying factors are independent.
- Kaiser’s criterion is met.
Answer: You believe that the underlying factors are independent
A Cronbach’s alpha value of .85 for a questionnaire means that:
Answer choices
- The questionnaire is valid.
- The questionnaire has good reliability.
- The questionnaire has too few items.
- The questionnaire would produce different scores if used on the same people at two different points in time.
Answer: The questionnaire has good reliability
Kaiser criterion for retaining factors is:
Answer choices
- Retain any factor with an eigenvalue greater than 1.
- Retain any factor with an eigenvalue greater than 0.3.
- Retain factors before the point of inflexion on a scree plot.
- Retain factors with communalities greater than 0.7.
Answer: Retain any factor with an eigenvalue greater than 1
Which of these is a form of oblique rotation?
Answer choices
- Equamax
- Quartimax
- Varimax
- Promax
Answer: Promax
What is a latent variable?
Answer choices
- It is a variable that cannot be measured directly.
- It is another name for a factor.
- Latent variables represent clusters of variables that correlate highly with each other.
- All of these are correct.
Answer: All of these are correct