Hello All,
What do we do if the data is not normally distributed?
Here is the issue:
Data was collected from university students. Sample size above 200. SEM is intended to be used. We wanted to measure their perception and attitudes towards a given behaviour. When answering to the survey questionnaire, which is a 7 likert scale, they mostly chose 5,6 and 7. In doing preliminary screening, results showed that data is very skewed and the kurtosis is high as well, and thus the normality assumption may be violated. My question: how do we deal with this issue and proceed and data analysis?
Looking forward to seeing your input.
Thank you very much