nFactors {nFactors}

nFactors: Number of factor or components to retain in a factor analysis

Description

A package for determining the number of factor or components to retain in a factor analysis. The methods are all based on eigenvalues.

Author(s)

Gilles Raiche
Centre sur les Applications des Modeles de Reponses aux Items (CAMRI)
Universite du Quebec a Montreal
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References

Raiche, G., Walls, T. A., Magis, D., Riopel, M. and Blais, J.-G. (2013). Non-graphical solutions for Cattell's scree test. Methodology, 9(1), 23-29.