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| From | Mash Hamid <MXH191@bham.ac.uk> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: % of variance in factor analysis |
| Date | Thu, 30 May 2013 00:38:51 +0000 |
Hi, I have been performing factor analysis and I am having trouble understanding the % of variance and to explain it in layman's terms. I have a dataset with 40 variables and the first factor has an eigenvalue of 13 and the second factor has an eigenvalue of 2. Now the first factor accounts for 40% of the variance, and the second has variance of 8% after rotation. Now in layman's terms, what does "% of the variance of each factor" mean? Thanks * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/