Parallel Analysis and Other Non Graphical Solutions to the
Cattell Scree Test
Description
Indices, heuristics and strategies to help determine the number of factors/components to retain:
1. Acceleration factor (af with or without Parallel Analysis);
2. Optimal Coordinates (noc with or without Parallel Analysis);
3. Parallel analysis (components, factors and bootstrap);
4. lambda > mean(lambda) (Kaiser, CFA and related);
5. Cattell-Nelson-Gorsuch (CNG);
6. Zoski and Jurs multiple regression (b, t and p);
7. Zoski and Jurs standard error of the regression coeffcient (sescree);
8. Nelson R2;
9. Bartlett khi-2;
10. Anderson khi-2;
11. Lawley khi-2 and
12. Bentler-Yuan khi-2.