Dr. Henderson is a psychologist conducting empirical research on personality variables. She asks participants to complete questionnaires that measure 100 different personality characteristics. Then she uses a statistical procedure in which she examines correlations among the 100 personality variables, with the assumption that if some of them cluster together, they may tap into the same underlying characteristic. The statistical procedure Dr. Henderson uses is known as
a) multiple regression.
b) the t-test.
c) factor analysis.
d) analysis of variance.
Answer: d) analysis of variance.
Psychology
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