Cover -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Introductory Factor Analysis Concepts -- The Goals of Factor Analysis -- A Conceptual Introduction to the Common Factor Model -- A Graphical Depiction of the Common Factor Model -- A Simple Mathematical Introduction to the Common Factor Model -- Chapter Summary and Book Overview -- CHAPTER 2 Requirements for and Decisions in Choosing Exploratory Common Factor Analysis -- Is EFA Suitable for the Research Question? -- Are the Data Suitable for Factor Analysis? -- Properties of the Measured Variables -- Is an Exploratory or Confirmatory Approach Most Appropriate? -- The Common Factor Model or Principal Component Model? -- Summary -- CHAPTER 3 Requirements and Decisions for Implementing Exploratory Common Factor Analysis -- Choosing a Method of Fitting the Common Factor Model -- Determining the Appropriate Number of Common Factors -- Rotating Factor Analysis Solutions -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER 4 Factor Analysis Assumptions -- Assumptions Underlying the Common Factor Model -- Assumptions Related to Model Fitting Procedures -- Summary and Conclusions -- CHAPTER 5 Implementing and Interpreting Exploratory Factor Analysis -- Context for the Analysis: Pre-Analysis Decisions -- Example Research Question and Measures -- Conducting the Analysis: Implementation of EFA -- Concluding Comments -- CHAPTER 6 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations -- Understanding the Common Factor Model -- Determining if Exploratory Factor Analysis is Appropriate -- Decisions in Conducting Exploratory Factor Analysis -- Assumptions Underlying the Common Factor Model and Fitting Procedures -- Implementing and Interpreting EFA -- Concluding Thoughts -- Recommended Readings and Supplementary Programs -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.