Hello,
I need some advice on factor analysis, a topic that's not a strong point
for me. First, some background: I have a client who has a questionnaire
that asks respondents to rate on a 5-point scale their intent to see a
movie. The questionnaire also asks them to rate on a 5-point scale
their level of agreement/disagreement with 28 statements about movies in
general . I'd like to factor analyze the 28 statements to get, say, 4
factors and then use those four in an ordinal regression model for the
intent question. My questions are:
1. Can I use the factor scores as explanatory variables in the
ordinal regression?
2. How do I interpret a factor score (not the factor itself)? For
example, the SPLUS manual for 6.0 (V. 2, page 81) shows a predicted
factor score of 1.45 and then -0.0011 for factor 1 for two people for
the math scores example. What does 1.45 and -0.0011 mean? How do I
interpret something like this for my client, and me?
Thanks for any help,
Walt Paczkowski
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