Social Research Methods

Social Research Methods

Understanding the psychological and social truth

#20 Factor Analysis

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Factor analysis reduces complexity of data by extracting a few factors. It delivers underlying coordinates in an otherwise complicated set of variables. We use factor analysis for instance to understand the basic independent dimensions of personality.

All slides to the entire series can be downloaded for free here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/social-research-methods/


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This podcast covers all relevant aspects around research methods in social science. After a short introduction all steps will be considered from defining the hypothesis and research question to academic writing.

All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/social-research-methods/

by Armin Trost

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