Vikas Rai Bhatnagar

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A strange bug when I transfer data from excel to SPSS?

I am stuck in a strange problem. Please see the file attached and will deeply value your insights. My excel file appears neat. See the first slide of the ppt attached. However, when I transfer...

08 August 2019 3,758 3 View

Are there risk associated with high reliability of scales?

I have seven variables and in a pilot test, the Cronbach's Alpha of al scales are quite high...ranging between 9.5 to 9.75. Are there risks involved? Should I be concerned and what precaution...

12 December 2018 3,949 0 View

Need the Article "Social Systems Theory and Practice: The Need for a Critical Approach" by Michael C. Jackson. Can anyone please help me?

I need the above article published in the International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 10, 1985-Issue 2-3. Will be deeply obliged if you can mail it to me at [email protected]

03 March 2018 5,215 0 View

Can You Suggest a Free Software for Correcting the English?

Dear Friends, I know of Grammarly. The premium service has an annual service charge. Can you please suggest an alternative to Grammarly that is free and effective? Thanks in advance. Regards, Vikas.

03 March 2018 1,616 0 View

Can you please provide websites on using correct English for writing scientific papers?

English is not my mother tongue. My laptop is reformatted and I lost an excellent bookmark of a University library that provided excellent resources on list of verbs, inputs on structuring the...

02 February 2018 3,428 4 View

Anyone having this seminal paper by Horn on parallel analysis?

Name of the paper is "A rationale and test for the number of factors in factor analysis" by JL Horn and published in 1965 in Psychometrika. Will be grateful if this is shared. Regards, Vikas Rai...

04 April 2017 4,487 1 View

How do I reconcile conflicting outcomes or interpretation?

In my EFA, Bartlett's Test of Sphericity is 0.000, means a significant degree of correlation exists and the data is suitable for factor analysis. However, the Determinant = 1.94E-014, indicating...

04 April 2017 5,221 2 View

While performing EFA, why do negative factor loadings change when the method of extraction is changed from principal axis to ML?

There are no items reverse-coded. Entirely different variables load negatively when I change the method of extraction from Principal Axis to Maximum Likelihood (both Direct Oblimin rotation). And...

04 April 2017 1,515 7 View

Anyone having this paper on inter-item correlation authored by Ralph L Piedmont?

Hi, I am badly in need of article titled "Inter-item correlations" authored by Ralph L Piedmont and published in "Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research". Will be grateful if this...

04 April 2017 2,241 4 View