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Factor Analysis Output from R and SAS

At 8:17 AM -0400 3/31/09, John Fox wrote:
As John pointed out, PCA is not the same as FA.  Unfortunately, SAS 
labeled the PCA as a factor analysis, when it is not.
And, when one does a principal components and extracts just the first 
three components (as you did), the unrotated solution is identical:
V     PC1       PC2      PC3
V1 1 0.79880  0.549948 -0.17614
V2 2 0.77036  0.561712 -0.24862
V3 3 0.79475 -0.076853  0.54982
V4 4 0.75757 -0.087363  0.59785
V5 5 0.80878 -0.456096 -0.33437
V6 6 0.77771 -0.483310 -0.36933

                    PC1     PC2     PC3
SS loadings    3.69603 1.07311 1.00077
Proportion Var 0.61601 0.17885 0.16680
Cumulative Var 0.61601 0.79486 0.96165

Test of the hypothesis that 3 factors are sufficient.

The degrees of freedom for the model is 0  and the fit was  1.57483
The number of observations was  18  with Chi Square =  19.16046  with 
prob <  NA

When you then rotate these components using Varimax, the solutions 
differ at the fourth decimal place
V     PC1     PC2     PC3
V1 1 0.19991 0.93168 0.25210
V2 2 0.21193 0.94606 0.17562
V3 3 0.23805 0.23479 0.90997
V4 4 0.19920 0.19084 0.92891
V5 5 0.93057 0.22225 0.24208
V6 6 0.94738 0.19422 0.19896

                    PC1     PC2     PC3
SS loadings    1.94470 1.94172 1.88350
Proportion Var 0.32412 0.32362 0.31392
Cumulative Var 0.32412 0.64774 0.96165

Bill