Glossary

Factor Analysis - A technique aims to find independent latent variables

Written by Dr. Jagreet Kaur Gill | 17 Mar 2023

What is Factor Analysis?

Factor Analysis is a technique that is used to reduce a large number of variables into fewer numbers of factors. It aims to find independent latent variables. It has several assumptions:

• There is a linear relationship

• There is no multicollinearity

• It includes relevant variables into the analysis

• There is a true correlation between variables and factors

There are different 4 types of methods used to extract the factor from the data set:

1.Principal Component Analysis
2. Common factor analysis
3. Image factoring
4. Maximum likelihood method