Re: Factor analysis & Interaction terms

Posted by Art Kendall on Sep 26, 2014; 1:30pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Factor-analysis-Interaction-terms-tp5727421p5727424.html

I am not sure what you are asking.
Are you distinguishing "factor" as an independent or other predictor/explanatory in an analysis such as ANOVA  or regression
vs
"factor" as a way to represent what is common to several variables in a single variable, ie., to create a summative scale?

A simple example of the latter might repainting a series of test items by the number correct.