APPLICATION OF FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR PROCESSING OF THE SURVEY RESULTS

In the work of the sociologist survey is one of the main methods of public opinion research. If the questionnaire contains a large number of questions, the processing of the sur- vey results, the detection structures and the relationships of causes is difficulty. To solve this problem, in practice, applies the methods of mathematical statistics, frequency methods of multivariate statistical analysis. This article devoted to the application of factor analysis to process the survey results. The algorithm of the method is illustrated by an example, describ- ing the processing and interpretation of results