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 Lin posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:48 am
Hi, I've run an EFA with 26 variables, 8 out of them were categorical. The model suggested 5 factor but I've got factor loadings who were greater than 1 or negative. For example, AROAD. Also some variables held small factor loading, such as LUMHHI, BROAD.
Would you have any suggestion? Shall I think about get rid of them? Thanks.

PROMAX ROTATED LOADINGS
1 2 3 4 5
________ ________ ________ ________ ________


LUMHHI -0.061 -0.322 -0.272 0.003 -0.124
ROUTECAT -0.146 0.638 -0.207 0.064 0.045
URBAN -0.456 -0.178 -0.553 -0.191 -0.129
AROADDEN 0.575 0.144 -0.163 0.059 -0.045
EMPLDEN 0.550 -0.278 0.214 0.034 -0.008
LIGHDENK 0.307 0.125 0.543 -0.047 -0.113
BUILDEN 0.230 -0.120 0.843 0.050 0.052
LAND -0.020 -0.025 -0.058 -1.522 -0.001
PARK -0.053 -0.226 0.231 -0.581 0.139
AROAD 0.136 1.015 0.141 0.077 -0.075
BROAD -0.316 0.139 -0.053 -0.194 0.126
 Lin posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:49 am
I am really new to mplus and EFA, I wanted to post more of the output but it exceeded the size limitation in one post. I am wondering is there any other ways to post the whole output? thanks!
 Linda K. Muthen posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 3:14 pm
No, if you need to show the full output, please send it, your question, and your license number to support@statodel.com.
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