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questionnaire design - dimensions before or after EFA?

Posted by Anter on Oct 23, 2012; 8:06pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/questionnaire-design-dimensions-before-or-after-EFA-tp5715804.html


Hello,

We have a misunderstanding regarding constructing a questionnaire. We have come up with a number of definitions and dimensions for a construct that we want to measure and now we must make items to represent the construct. Should we define the dimensions of the construct before conducting an exploratory analysis of the instrument or after it and try to see if exploratory factorial analysis finds the same dimensions that we referred to?

So basically, do we define the dimensions before making the items and then start making the items according to these pre-defined dimensions or just retain the dimensions after EFA?

Thank you and hope someone can help!

Andra Toader
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