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A Factor Analysis of Contributing Factors in Fire Fighter Near-Miss Events
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| Title: | A Factor Analysis of Contributing Factors in Fire Fighter Near-Miss Events |
| Authors: | Houck, Kevin |
| Keywords: | Public Health
Firefighters
Near-Miss Events |
| Issue Date: | 3-Dec-2012 |
| Abstract: | Objectives: The primary objective of this project was to determine if there were patterns in the selection of contributing factors from the National Fire Fighter Near Miss Reporting System (NFFNMRS).
Methods: A factor analysis using tetrachoric correlations was run using 18 of the 22 contributing factors.
Results: Using the scree plot to determine how many factors to retain provided 5 factors.
Conclusions: X number of patterns of contributing factors were found using the factor analysis |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/3954 |
| Appears in Collections: | Health Sciences Theses and Dissertations
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