factor-analytical procedures和the measurement properties of a selected set of co

Existingresearch typically builds upon various factor-analytical procedures to test theunderlying dimensionality (i.e. factor structure) of shopping motivation andthe measurement properties of a selected set of corresponding indicatorvariables(Cox et al., 2005)


这句中的“the measurement properties of a selected set of corresponding indicator variables”和“factor-analytical procedures”是什么呢？
能不能麻烦给出全句的翻译或者大概的意思，谢谢了！！！