探索性因子分析及其在应用中存在的主要问题

探索性因子分析的发展非常迅速，已成为教育与社会心理学领域中最常用的统计方法之一。本文全面介绍了探索性因子分析的基本原理，阐述了其发生的机制及基本过程，对其在教育、心理领域应用中存在的问题进行了总结，并针对应用中样本容量和观测变量数目不够、因子求解方法的误用、因子数目的确定标准及因子旋转中存在的问题、因子值缺乏重复验证性、研究结果呈现形式不规范、过于依赖SPSS、缺乏主动性等问题提出了一些相应的建议。

Exploratory Factor Analysis and Its Main Problems in Application

The rapidly developed exploratory factor analysis has become one of the most important research methods in the fields of educational and social psychology.In this paper the basic principle of exploratory factor analysis is analysed,the mechanism and progress are elaborated,and the problems in the appcation in the fields of education and psychology are summarized.Finally,some suggestions concerning research design,factor extraction, determining the number of factors,factor rotation,and factor scores are presented.