Author, as appears in the article.: Ledesma, Ruben Daniel; Ferrando, Pere J.; Tosi, Jeremias David;

Department: Psicologia

e-ISSN: 21836051

URV's Author/s: Ferrando Piera, Pere Joan

Keywords: Review Psychometrics Item factor-analysis Exploratory factor analysis

Abstract: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is a widely used statistical technique in psychometrics research. Despite its popularity, real applications do not always fit the experts' recommendations. This paper analyses 46 applications of EFA published in RIDEP - volume/issue 42(2) to 47(2) -. These applications are compared with existing recommendations regarding: (a) the input data and the adequacy of the EFA, (b) the factor extraction procedures, (c) the number-of-factors-to-retain decision, and (d) the rotation methods. Overall, we observed that the real applications of EFA are far from the experts' recommendations. Guidelines for authors and reviewers are suggested. We hope this paper will promote best practices in EFA.

Thematic Areas: Psychology, clinical Ciencias sociales

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 11353848

Author's mail: perejoan.ferrando@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-3133-5466

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.aidep.org/pt/node/682

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Revista Iberoamericana De Diagnostico Y Evaluacion-E Avaliacao Psicologica. 3 (52): 173-180

APA: Ledesma, Ruben Daniel; Ferrando, Pere J.; Tosi, Jeremias David; (2019). The Use of Exploratory Factor Analysis in RIDEP. Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers. Revista Iberoamericana De Diagnostico Y Evaluacion-E Avaliacao Psicologica, 3(52), 173-180. DOI: 10.21865/RIDEP52.3.13

Article's DOI: 10.21865/RIDEP52.3.13

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2019

Publication Type: Journal Publications