Re: st: constructing a scale from factor analysis

[Philipp Rehm <philipp.rehm@gmx.de>]

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Stata 9 & 10:
check out help factor postestimation (particularly -predict-)

Stat 8:
-score-

HTH,
Philipp

Benjamin Highton wrote:
> I assume that there is a simple way to do this, but I haven't been able to
> find out how.  I would like to construct a scale based on n items where
> each item is weighted in proportion to its factor loading.  My clunky way
> of doing it is to construct the scale myself by (a) accessing the matrix
> of loadings e(L), (b) multipling each item by its loading, and (c) adding
> them up.  Any advice about a simpler way to do this will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> --Ben
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