Factor analysis to identify latent constructs across management subjects at a business school

Abstract

Factor analysis involves the study of order and structure in multivariate data. It starts with a set of observations obtained from a given sample, analyzing this set of observation with their inter-correlations to determine whether the variations represented can be accounted for adequately by a number of basic categories smaller than that with which the investigation was started. Factor analysis is applied to identify the latent constructs in the subjects being offered at a business school. The significance of this study is to get some insight on the course design of the prevailing academic curriculum.