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am doing stats 'OJT' these days for my current research and come across these TWO excellently (IMHO) written text (language's simple n clear, explanations' in-depth for newbies like me):
1. Tabachnick, B.G., & Fidell, L.S. (2001). Using Multivariate Statistics (4th Ed.). Allyn & Bacon. [latest edition is 5th]
2. Field, A. (2000). Discovering statistics using SPSS for windows. SAGE Publications. [latest edition is 3rd]
a pity i couldnt get the latest edition for these two books from nie lib but the older editions landed in my hands are already excellent materials. great to have them on your personal shelf if you're into research, esp book (1). EXCEPT these books are so EXPENSIVE (take a look and u'll agree: 1 2)
am battling "zombies" these days and comes the time that i need to use factor analysis for analysis. however, there are so many questions for a newbie like me, came across a few readings but nothing as useful as this which Dr Chai CS has shared:
Costello, Anna B. & Jason Osborne (2005). Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis. Practical Assessment Research & Evaluation, 10(7). Available online: http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=10&n=7
if you are exploring the use of factor analysis and you have qns like which extraction methods to choose, no. of factors to retain, sample size etc, just grab this article and you'll be on the way to a good start. Thank you ??? (:
