Making Sense of Factor Analysis: The Use of Factor Analysis for Instrument Development in Health Care Research

1. An Overview of Factor Analysis Characteristics of Factor Analysis Exploratory Vs. Confirmatory Factor Analysis Assumptions of Exploratory Factor Analysis Historical Developments of Factor Analysis Uses of Factor Analysis in Health Care Research Decision-Making Process in Exploratory Factor Analysis 2. Designing and Testing the Instrument Types of Measurement and Frameworks The Use of Latent Variables in Instrument Development Identifying Empirical Indicators of Latent Variables Using Qualitative Research Methods to Identify Empirical Indicators Additional Qualitative Approaches to Identifying Empirical Indicators Development of the Instrument Scoring the Instrument Pilot Testing the Instrument Determining…