How Do You Present Statistical Data Factor Analysis?
Factor analysis reduces large sets of data, such as survey data, to explain related outcomes in terms of a small number of underlying factors. Making the results of a factor analysis understandable to any audience, regardless of statistical knowledge, poses a challenge as great as the analysis itself. Follow the steps below to prepare a presentation on a hypothetical survey. Name and describe each underlying factor, using one or more slides in your PowerPoint presentation to do so. You can name each factor based on the pattern of correlations that emerge from your analysis. The factors are those unmeasured, or underlying, issues that help explain the responses to your series of survey questions. Patterns of responses, for example, about views on political and social issues might suggest that religious values may have influenced responses. Religious values would therefore be an underlying factor. Provide a graphical display of your analysis results in one slide of your PowerPoint presen
