Question

Sidrah just began working in a laboratory that studies personality. She discovers that the researchers have participants rate themselves on many different descriptors, and then they use a statistical technique to identify underlying dimensions of personality. The researchers tell Sidrah that this procedure called _____.

Answer 1

Factor Analysis

Step-by-step explanation:

Factor Analysis is a process in which the values of data that is observed are expressed as results of a number of possible causes in order to find which are the most important.

In this case the data is the ratings that participants use, and the causes are the dimensions of personality.