Transcription of 200-31: Exploratory or Confirmatory Factor Analysis?
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200-31: Exploratory or Confirmatory Factor Analysis?
1 Paper 200-31 Exploratory or Confirmatory Factor analysis ? Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado Abstract Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA) could be described as orderly simplification of interrelated measures. EFA, traditionally, has been used to explore the possible underlying Factor structure of a set of observed variables without imposing a preconceived structure on the outcome (Child, 1990). By performing EFA, the underlying Factor structure is identified. Confirmatory Factor analysis (CFA) is a statistical technique used to verify the Factor structure of a set of observed variables. CFA allows the researcher to test the hypothesis that a relationship between observed variables and their underlying latent constructs exists.
Factor analysis could be described as orderly simplification of interrelated measures. Traditionally factor analysis has been used to explore the possible underlying structure of a set of interrelated variables without imposing any preconceived structure on the outcome (Child, 1990). By performing exploratory factor analysis (EFA), the number of
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