A graduate student is using a statistical software package to identify the relationships among many personality traits and to isolate the basic dimensions. She is performing _________ analysis.
A)trend
B)matrix
C)factor
D)regression

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Factor analysis is used to identify the underlying relationships among many variables (in this case, personality traits) and to reduce them to a smaller number of factors or basic dimensions.

A Graduate Student Is Using a Statistical Software Package to Identify