Example Syntax and Output
Two
basic procedures exist for producing factor scores in SAS: 1) a predefined
SAS option and 2) a program-it-yourself option. As you might imagine,
the predefined SAS option is by far the easier. When you include the
OUT=output-data-set-name option
on the FACTOR statement (SAS, 2015), SAS
will automatically output a data set that contains all of your original
data along with an estimate of weighted factor scores (e.g., Factor1,
Factor2, etc.). SAS computes the factor scores as a linear combination
of a standardized version of our variables (i.e., with a mean of 0
and a standard deviation of 1) and something called the standardized
scoring coefficients.[3] The scoring coefficients are essentially the regression coefficients ...Get Exploratory Factor Analysis with SAS now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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