This text offers a practical method for developing tests, validating instruments, and reporting outcomes through the use of factor analysis. Ideal for graduate level nursing students, this book is also an invaluable resource for health care researchers.
This text offers a practical method for developing tests, validating instruments, and reporting outcomes through the use of factor analysis. Ideal for...
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 explanation of the complex statistical procedures involved in factor analysis. Authors Marjorie A. Pett, Nancy M. Lackey, and John J. Sullivan provide a...
Many health care practitioners and researchers are aware of the need to employ factor analysis in order to develop more sensitive instruments for data...
