Question

Advantages and disadvantages of using factor analysis

Answer 1

Factor analysis is a statistical method for attempting to find what are known as latent variables when you have data on a great many questions. Latent variables are things that cannot be directly measured. For example, most aspects of personality are latent. Personality researchers often ask a sample of people a lot of questions that they think are related to personality, and then do factor analysis to determine what latent factors exist.

Answer 2

DISADVANTAGE : Factor analysis is a statistical method for attempting to find what are known as latent variables when you have data on a great many questions. Latent variables are things that cannot be directly measured