AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAP PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF FACTORS

Authors
RUIZ MA SANMARTIN R
Citation
Ma. Ruiz et R. Sanmartin, AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAP PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF FACTORS, Psicothema, 5(1), 1993, pp. 177-182
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psicothema → ACNP
ISSN journal
02149915
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
177 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0214-9915(1993)5:1<177:AIOTMP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
How many factors to retain is a common problem in Factor Analysis that hasn't been solved yet. The eigenvalues greater than 1 rule is common ly used since its a built-in option in most statistical packages. Neve rtheless, there are other more effective rules available, like MAP, th at can also be easily worked out. Here we present a program towards co mputing the MAP procedure, to be executed inside one of the most widel y used packages.