Hi all,
For my MSc thesis I would like to execute a Factor Analysis to calculate the Social Vulnerability Index for the city of Gelsenkirchen (Germany). I have read some papers about doing this, such as Fekete (2009), Lapietra et al. (2023), and Koks et al. (2015). For me it's not really clear if it's better to use a Principal Component Analysis, Explorative Factor Analyis, and Confirmative Factor Analysis.
Are there any recommendations on how to approach this? And does someone have a recommendation for a tutorial?
Thanks!