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Tutorial - Psychometrics

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This tutorial demonstrates theoretical principles and practice of exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and creating composite scores in the context of psychology and psychological measurement.

Contents

1. General steps
2. Exploratory factor analysis
3. Internal consistency
4. Composite scores

See also

1. Correlation (Previous tutorial)
2. Multiple linear regression (Next tutorial)
3. Instructor notes
4. Exploratory factor analysis (Lecture)
5. Psychometric instrument development (Lecture)
6. Psychometric instrument development

External links

1. Sample EFA write-up (.doc)
2. EFA Quiz (Practice) (Howitt & Cramer, 2011)