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Title: Factors in a factor analysis are equivalent to __________ in a structural equation analysis.
Post by: Amunoz0512 on Feb 20, 2018
Factors in a factor analysis are equivalent to __________ in a structural equation analysis.
 
  a. latent variables
  b. factors
  c. factor scores
  d. contrasts



Which of the following is a type of structural equation analysis?
 
  a. Exploratory factor analysis
  b. Confirmatory factor analysis
  c. Canonical correlation
  d. MANOVA



Which of the following statistical tests is used to determine whether the observed relationships among a set of variables conforms to a theoretical prediction about how those variables should be related?
 
  a. Exploratory factor analysis
  b. Loglinear analysis
  c. Canonical correlation
  d. Structural equation analysis



A researcher wants to use scores on a measure of self-esteem to predict a group of outcome measures, including marital satisfaction and employment satisfaction. Which of the following procedures would be most useful?
 
  a. Loglinear analysis
  b. Confirmatory factor analysis
  c. Canonical correlation
  d. MANOVA



A(n) ________ is used to analyze the underlying pattern of correlations among a set of measured variables and to reduce the number of variables by extracting a smaller set of factors.
 
  a. exploratory factor analysis
  b. confirmatory factor analysis
  c. canonical correlation
  d. MANOVA



Which of the following is NOT considered a multivariate statistic?
 
  a. Exploratory factor analysis
  b. MANOVA
  c. Canonical correlation
  d. Chi-square analysis



Which of the following means comparison analyses is the most conservative, in the sense that it most reduces the likelihood of making a Type 1 error?
 
  a. A contrast analysis
  b. The Fisher least significant difference test
  c. The Scheff means comparison test
  d. The Tukey honestly significantly difference test



Which of the following is NOT a post hoc means comparison?
 
  a. A contrast analysis
  b. The Fisher least significant difference test
  c. The Scheff means comparison test
  d. The Tukey honestly significantly difference test



Which of the following procedures protects against increases in the experimentwise alpha by only allowing post hoc comparisons if the initial ANOVA F value is significant?
 
  a. Contrast analysis
  b. Fisher least significant difference test
  c. Scheff means comparison test
  d. Tukey honestly significantly difference test



Which of the following means comparison analyses involves comparing the F comparison to a critical F value that is adjusted to take into consideration the number of possible comparisons?
 
  a. Contrast analysis
  b. Fisher least significant difference test
  c. Scheff means comparison test
  d. Tukey honestly significantly difference test


Title: Factors in a factor analysis are equivalent to __________ in a structural equation analysis.
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Title: Factors in a factor analysis are equivalent to __________ in a structural equation analysis.
Post by: Amunoz0512 on Feb 20, 2018
Thank you :)