Forough Mortazavi

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How to do a repeated measure anova in spss with two unmatched groups?

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Is there any scale to measure the positive aspects of childbirth?

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Are yielding good fit indices enough for concluding that a structure for a scale is acceptable? Are factors correlations important?

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Is there any cut off value for Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire which measure fear of childbirth??

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Is there any reference indicating that topical Vitamin C can heal burns?

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What are effects of early supplementation with formula or water based fluids on breastfeeding?

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Is it essential to assess normality of items before doing factor analysis?

My questionnaire composed of 49 items. none of them are normally distributed. Is it correct to do a CFA or EFA with non- normal data?

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Does ceiling effect of the items of a questionnaire influence the results of Factor analysis?

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