If your goal is only data reduction, which one of the following should be applied to your data?
A) confirmatory factor analysis
B) exploratory factor analysis
C) principal components analysis
D) structural equation modeling

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PCA can be used to estimate and understand the contributions of the variables to the linear components within the data, but PCA is simply a method of decomposition-a technique for data reduction only.

If Your Goal Is Only Data Reduction, Which One of the Following