Resources for Factor Analysis
Books
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2007). Using multivariate statistics, 5th. Needham Height, MA: Allyn & Bacon. [see chapter 13]
Tucker, L. R., & MacCallum, R. C. (1997). Exploratory Factor Analysis.
Articles
Taasoobshirazi, G., & Farley, J. (2013). Construct Validation of the Physics Metacognition Inventory. International Journal of Science Education, 35(3), 447–459. [application of exploratory factor analysis]
Taasoobshirazi, G., Bailey, M., & Farley, J. (2015). Physics Metacognition Inventory Part II: Confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis. International Journal of Science Education, 37(17), 2769–2786. [application of confirmatory factor analysis]
R Resources
Tutorial on using R for Exploratory Factor Analysis using the psych package
Video tutorial on Exploratory Factor Analysis in R using factanal (also check out Ed Boone's other video tutorials on R and factor analysis)