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factor analyze - to perform a factor analysis of correlational data

factor analyse

analyse, analyze - break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"

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A total of nineteen items were factor analyzed: eight items factor analyzed from Pascarella and Terenzini's original factor analysis, the six items from Pascarella and Terenzini that they did not factor analyze, one item on extracurricular activities recommended by Pascarella and Terenzini but not included in their original questionnaire, and four career decidedness items added by the authors (see Table 2).

College student retention: instrument validation and value for partnering between academic and counseling services

We did factor analyze the data and the assumption of unidimensionality could not be fulfilled for these chemistry tests.

The psychometric benefits of soft-linked items: a reply to Pope and Harley

Our next step was to factor analyze the experiential variables (Table 2, panel A) to obtain a composite experiential score.