Date:         Thu, 10 May 2007 10:59:57 +0800
Reply-To:     Haijie Ding <haijie.ding@gmail.com>
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From:         Haijie Ding <haijie.ding@gmail.com>
Subject:      Data requirements for Factor analysis
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Dear Listers,
I have a data set which contain data in different scale. Most question scale
is 1-5 likert scale. We also have other scale for some questions. For
example, we have category question, like location of work. Another example
is we have question to distribute 100% of time to different locations. My
question is: what's creteria to do explorative factor analysis? Can I do
exporative factor analysis with all of the data i got?

Could you guys please give me some advice and/or reference on this topic?

Thank you very much.


Bests,
Haijie