Tutorial 2

Question 1

Example Answer

Exclude Q7 and Q8

Exclude Q6 as it is cross loading, show almost similar magnitude in factor 1 and factor 2.

Factor 1 can be named as “Eating habits”.
Factor 2 can be named as “Food preparation”.
Surrogate variable = Q1 for factor 1, Q10 for factor 2.
Summated scale f1 = (Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5)/5
Summated scale f2 = (Q9 + Q10 + Q11)/3

Data reduction aka factor score