Using Principal Components Analysis in Program Evaluation: Some Practical Considerations

Principal Components Analysis (PCA) is widely used by behavioral science researchers to assess the dimensional structure of data and for data reduction purposes. Despite the wide array of analytic choices available, many who employ this method continue to rely exclusively on the default options rec...

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Published in:Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
Main Author: J. Thomas Kellow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University 2006-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/52