FORMAT Subcommand (FACTOR command)

FORMAT modifies the format of factor pattern and structure matrices.

• FORMAT can be specified anywhere after VARIABLES and MISSING. If more than one FORMAT is specified, the last is in effect.
• If FORMAT is omitted or included without specifications, variables appear in the order in which they are named on ANALYSIS and all matrix entries are displayed.

SORT. Order the factor loadings in descending order. Variables are displayed in descending order of the factor 1 loadings until a loading for factor 2 exceeds the loading for factor 1. The remaining variables are then displayed in descending order of the factor 2 loadings until a loading for factor 3 exceeds the loading for factor 2, and so on. The result shows blocks of variables that are similar.

BLANK(n). Suppress display of coefficients lower than n in absolute value. The corresponding cells in the table will be blank.

DEFAULT. Turn off keywords SORT and BLANK.

Example

FACTOR VARIABLES=V1 TO V12
  /MISSING=MEANSUB
  /FORMAT=SORT BLANK(.3)
  /EXTRACTION=ULS
  /ROTATION=NOROTATE.

• This example specifies an analysis of all variables between and including V1 and V12 in the active dataset.
• The default CORRELATION method is used.
• The MISSING subcommand substitutes variable means for missing values.
• The FORMAT subcommand orders variables in factor pattern matrices by descending value of loadings. Factor loadings with an absolute value less than 0.3 are omitted.
• Factors are extracted using unweighted least squares and are not rotated.