Principle factor analysis in SPSS can be used for finding most important factor out of all possible factors that determine a particular dependent variable. Also it can be used to form structures within the provided variables which can explain a particular dependent variable .
Other tutorials for the factor analysis on R studio are available here – https://youtu.be/k3ESR8FiZH0
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