Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 14:02:37 -0400
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From: "Dr. Jeffrey D. Leitzel" <leitzel@ADELPHIA.NET>
Organization: Behavioral Health Research Institute
Subject: Re: Factor Loading
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Daniel,
I believe the bad news is that you can't do what you are describing in SPSS
Base. You need to use an SEM package such as LISREL, AMOS, EQS, or M-PLUS
to do confirmatory factor analysis. AMOS is available through SPSS and
integrates well but much be purchased separately.
Good luck,
Jeff
Jeffrey D. Leitzel, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Daniel B. Swartz, Ph.D., CI, CT
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 11:17 AM
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Factor Loading
>
>
> I am psychometrically testing 16 items in a survey (i.e.,
> factor loadings, intrainventory scale correlations, and
> Cronbach's alphas). I am not completely comfortable with how
> to do this in SPSS (I'm using Base 8.0).
>
> I need instruction on how to:
>
> 1. Obtain a comparison of factor loadings (lambda) for
> these 16 items, with test statistics (t) for each loading. I
> am trying to make sure that my Lambda Y loadings for each
> question exceed a published test statistic.
>
> 2. I wish to compare the test statistic for overall model
> fit, following a chi-square distribution, for alternative
> models including uncorrelated, two-factor, and one-factor.
>
> 3. I wish to assess the reliability of the subscales on my
> 16-item survey (3 subscales), and the relationships among
> them. I believe that scales need to be constructed by
> summing the items loading on each of the factors and dividing
> by the number of items. Correlations need to be generated
> for these subscales.
>
> 4. I would like to determine internal consistency of the
> subscales and of the composite survey score by calculating
> Cronbach's alpha.
>
> 5. I would like to test relationships between hypothesized
> antecedents and correlates related to my survey. I believe I
> need to perform a Pearson product-moment correlations (or
> point biserial correlations in the case of dichotomous
> antecedent - work setting). I believe I would need to
> estimate correlations for several aspects of the work setting
> with the survey global score (which is for burnout, by the
> way), including work hours, setting, supervision, and workload.
>
> 6. I would like to estimate current relations between
> burnout scores (global score from 16-item survey) and
> theoretically relevant correlates - that is, job
> satisfaction, contingency rewards, promotion, operating
> conditions, coworkers, nature of work, communication.
>
> If anyone can instruct me with the methods to accomplish the
> above in SPSS Base I would be very grateful.
>
> Dan
>
> ************************************************
> Sincerely,
>
> Daniel B. Swartz, Ph.D., CI, CT
>
>
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