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Exploratory Factor analysis
Message posted by Wong Su Luan on January 5, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

What is the recommended sample size for
doing an exploratory factor analysis?

Thanks,
Su Luan


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Re: Exploratory Factor analysis
Message posted by Bill on January 5, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

For factor analysis in general, many recommend a minimum of five observations for each variable to be analyzed. A more acceptable range is a ten-to-one ratio.



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