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: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.aidep.org/pt/node/682
Licence document URL: https://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
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