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Assignment
1.
a) Please examine the all continuous variables in the HBAT dataset using histogram,
skewness, and normality analysis.
b) What is the value of correlation and partial correlation coefficients in measuring
relationships between continuous variables?
c) Which variable individually, X6 - X18, is a better predictor of Customer
Satisfaction? Explain.
d) What would you expect the relationship between Customer Satisfaction and each
of the categorical variables to be (i.e. positive or negative)? Explain.
e) Analyze this data using principal component analysis, using the varimax rotation
procedure.
f) Interpret the factors extracted.
g) Calculate the factor scores for each respondent.
h) Examine the model fit.
i) Operarationalize the each constructs to measure their reliability
V = 0.65 * F1 + UV
W = 0.84 * F1 + UW
X = 0.70 * F1 + UX
Y = 0.32 * F1 + UY
Z = 0.28 * F1 + UZ
The following estimated factor loadings were extracted by the principal axis factoring
procedure:
F1 F2
X1 0.80 0.20
X2 0.70 0.15
X3 0.10 0.90
X4 0.20 0.70