data(Harman.8)
Variable 6 ("Bitrochanteric diamter") is the distance between the outer points of the hips.
The row names match the original Harman paper, the column names have been abbreviated.
The fa
solution for principal axes (fm="pa") matches the reported minres solution, while the fm="minres" does not.
For those interested in teaching examples using various body measurements, see the body data set in the gclus package.
There are several other Harman examples in the psych package as well as in the dataseta and and GPArotation packages. The Harman 24 mental tests problem is in the basic datasets package at Harman74.cor.
Harman, Harry Horace (1976) Modern factor analysis, 3d ed., rev, University of Chicago Press. Chicago.
Harman, Harry Horace and Jones, W. (1966) Factor analysis by minimizing residuals (minres). Psychometrika, 31(3):351-368.
Harman
, Harman.political
and Harman74.cor
data(Harman.8)
cor.plot(Harman.8)
fa(Harman.8,2,rotate="none") #the minres solution
fa(Harman.8,2,rotate="none",fm="pa") #the principal axis solution
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