Lab 8

Author

Jason Geller, Ph.D.

Published

April 12, 2023

Lab 8: Factor Analysis and SEM

In this lab, you will evaluate a survey that measures anxiety towards statistics, which was created by Andy Field. The objective of this lab is to:

  • Assess the suitability of factor analysis for the survey

  • Decide on the number of factors to extract

  • Choose an extraction and rotation method

  • Interpret and name the factors

  • Validate the model using CFA

Through this lab, you will gain experience in performing EFA and SEM/CFA using R, as well as visualizing and writing up the results.

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