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Factor analysisSyntaxMenuDescriptionOptions for factor and factormatOptions unique to factormatRemarks and examplesStored resultsMethods and formulasReferencesAlso seeSyntaxFactor analysis of datafactorvarlist[if][in][weight][,metho d options]Factor analysis of a correlation matrixfactormatmatname, n(#)[method options factormatoptions]methodDescriptionModel 2pfprincipal factor; the defaultpcfprincipal-component factoripfiterated principal factormlmaximum likelihood factoroptionsDescriptionModel 2factors(#)maximum number of factors to be retainedmineigen(#)minimum value of eigenvalues to be retainedciterate(#)communality reestimation iterations (ipfonly)Reportingblanks(#)display loadings as blank when|loadings|<#altdivisoruse trace of correlation matrix as the divisor for reported proportionsMaximizationprotect(#)perform #optimizations and report the best solution (mlonly)randomuse random starting values ()
The communalities are assumed to be 1. ipf specifies that the iterated principal-factor method be used to analyze the correlation matrix. This reestimates the communalities iteratively. ml specifies the maximum-likelihood factor method, assuming multivariate normal observations.
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