The dataset that I will be exploring is titled "Catness - how much cat are you? A Higher Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis" contributed by Cao, Moldovanu, Naczenski, Oudenaarden, and Souama (2018) to the OSF. Based on previous research, they measured the latent variable of "catness", known as the common characteristics of cats, through three traits: independence, self-love and chilling-ness. To evaluate individuals' amount of catness, they created a Qualtrics questionnaire with demographic variables and the three catness characteristics. The questionnaire is comprised of 9 questions, 3 questions for each catness trait, measured on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Higher scores indicate higher catness levels. The variables in the dataset included participant number (Participant Number), start and end date of when the participant filled out the questionnaire (StartDate and EndDate), status (Status), progress of completing the questionnaire (where 0 indicates a fully incomplete questionnaire and 100 signifies a fully complete questionnaire) (Progress), how long it took for the participant to fill out the questionnaire in seconds (Duration in seconds), whether the participant completed the questionnaire or not (where 0 indicates an incomplete questionnaire, and 1 indicates a complete questionnaire) (Finished), the date of when the participant's scores on the questionnaire were recorded (RecordedDate), how the participant accessed the questionnaire (DistributionChannel), and the language in which the participant took the questionnaire in (UserLanguage). These variables are followed by the questions in the questionnaire. Items 1 to 3 are on independency, Items 4 to 6 on self-love and Items 7 to 9 on chilling-ness. Item 1 regards the question "I like doing things on my own". Item 2 addresses "When fixing problems, I seek help from others". Item 3 is on "I do not let myself get influenced by others' opinions". Item 4 addresses "I like taking care about my appearance". Item 5 concerns "I love to treat myself". Item 6 regards "I am critical towards myself". Item 7 is on "I do not worry about things that are out of my control". Item 8 addresses "I do not get thrown off my balance very easily". Item 9 assess "I get stressed easily". Each item is described by a score, the score the participant chose on the Likert scale. The last items in the dataset are participants' gender (Gender), age (Age), nationality (Nationality) (where 1 indicates European, 2 indicates American, 3 indicates Asian, 4 indicates, African, and 5 indicates Pacific), and whether participants have/had a cat (CatOwner) (1 signifies yes and 2 signifies no). The final dataset included 627 participants, who all completed the questionnaire in April 2018. There were some incomplete data, in terms of missing answers for items, included in the dataset. The means of the scores of the items are the following: 3.97 for item 1, 3.32 for item 2, 2.87 for item 3, 3.63 for item 4, 3.76 for item 5, 4.16 for item 6, 2.73 for item 7, 3.29 for item 8, and 3.09 for item 9. References Cao, C., Moldovanu, D., Naczenski, L., Oudenaarden, J., & Souama, C. (2018). Catness - how much cat are you? A Higher-Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Retrieved from osf.io/v78pw