Making Sense of Factor Analysis: The Use of Factor Analysis for Instrument Development in Health Care Research

by Nancy R. Lackey, Marjorie A. Pett, John J. Sullivan, et al.

Book Overview

Many health care practitioners and researchers are aware of the need to employ factor analysis in order to develop more sensitive instruments for data collection. Unfortunately, factor analysis is not a unidimensional approach that is easily understood by even the most experienced of researchers.

Making Sense of Factor Analysis: The Use of Factor Analysis for Instrument Development in Health Care Research

presents a straightforward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761919503
• ISBN13: 9780761919506
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"