factorExample1 {OpenMx}

Example Factor Analysis Data

Description

Data set used in some of OpenMx's examples.

Usage

data("factorExample1")

Format

A data frame with 500 observations on the following variables.

x1

x2

x3

x4

x5

x6

x7

x8

x9

Details

This appears to be a three factor model, but perhaps with an odd loading structure.

Source

Simulated

References

The OpenMx User's guide can be found at https://openmx.ssri.psu.edu/documentation/.

Examples

data(factorExample1)
round(cor(factorExample1), 2)

factanal(covmat=cov(factorExample1), factors=3, rotation="promax")