Please do not try to take this course without these prerequisites . You have a firm foundation in statistical inference, linear models, correlation analysis and regression analysis. If you are rusty on these topics, review them. You know how to use SAS programs. You are facile with the UNIX computational server.
Factor analysis is a powerful and flexible tool used for theory development and data reduction.
The technique has been applied in virtually all scientific disciplines which measure large numbers of variables. Excellent computer programs are available to perform the analyses. We will be using programs from the SAS package during this course. The instructor will illustrate various analyses, and you are expected to replicate these analyses on a data set which you will generate. Please copy these files to your account.