Factor Analysis: Related Procedures

Use the Chart Builder on the Graphs menu to obtain bivariate scatterplots or scatterplot matrices. Scatterplots aid in the screening of your data. The Explore procedure can also be used to screen your data. If your data appear non-normally distributed, you can try transforming them. The factor analysis procedure can accept input in the form of a correlation matrix generated from another procedure, such as the Correlations procedure You must use command syntax to read in matrix data.