Hello everyone, is there a package/packages for factor analysis, particularly PCA? thanks, Katja Katja L??ytynoja Taitoniekantie 9 A 218 40 740 Jyv??skyl?? Finland tel.+35814 608058 cell.+35850 336 0174 kaloytyn at jyu.fi
Katja Loytynoja <kaloytyn at cc.jyu.fi> writes:> Hello everyone, is there a package/packages for factor analysis, > particularly PCA?help.search("factor analysis") help.search("principal components") (Whether PCA qualifies as "factor analysis" is debatable, though...) -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907
R comes with support for factor analysis and PCA (*not* the same thing)
in package stats which is normally loaded.
Try
help.search("factor analysis")
help.search("principal components")
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Katja Loytynoja wrote:
> Hello everyone, is there a package/packages for factor analysis,
> particularly PCA?
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
PLEASE DO.
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