PROC FACTOR assigns a name to each table that it creates. You can use these names to refer to the table when using the Output Delivery System (ODS) to select tables and create output data sets. These names are listed in the Table 6. For more information about ODS, see Chapter 23, Using the Output Delivery System.
Table 6: ODS Tables Produced by PROC FACTOR
| ODS Table Name | Description | Option |
|---|---|---|
| AlphaCoef | Coefficient alpha for each factor | METHOD=ALPHA |
| AveParCorrControlPC | Average partial correlations after controlling for principal components | MAP or NFACTORS=MAP, MAP2, or MAP4 |
| CanCorr | Squared canonical correlations | METHOD=ML |
| CondStdDev | Conditional standard deviations | SIMPLE with PARTIAL |
| ConvergenceStatus | Convergence status | METHOD=PRINIT, ALPHA, ML, or ULS |
| Corr | Correlations | CORR |
| Eigenvalues | Eigenvalues | Default |
| Eigenvectors | Eigenvectors | EIGENVECTORS |
| FactorPattern | Factor pattern | Default except METHOD=PATTERN or SCORE |
| FactorStructure | Factor structure | ROTATE= any oblique rotation |
| FactorWeightRotate | Factor weights for rotation | HKPOWER= |
| FinalCommun | Final communalities | Default except METHOD=ALPHA, ML, or HARRIS |
| FinalCommunWgt | Final communalities with weights | METHOD=ALPHA, ML, or HARRIS; METHOD=IMAGE, PRINCIPAL, PRINIT, or ULS with WEIGHT |
| FitMeasures | Measures of fit | METHOD=ML |
| ImageCoef | Image coefficients | METHOD=IMAGE |
| ImageCov | Image covariance matrix | METHOD=IMAGE |
| ImageFactors | Image factor matrix | METHOD=IMAGE |
| InputFactorPattern | Input factor pattern | METHOD=PATTERN with PRINT or ALL |
| InputScoreCoef | Standardized input scoring coefficients | METHOD=SCORE with PRINT or ALL |
| InterFactorCorr | Interfactor correlations | ROTATE= any oblique rotation |
| InvCorr | Inverse correlation matrix | ALL |
| IterHistory | Iteration history | METHOD=PRINIT, ALPHA, ML, or ULS |
| MultipleCorr | Squared multiple correlations | METHOD=IMAGE or HARRIS |
| NObs | Number of records and observations, input data type | Default |
| NormObliqueTrans | Normalized oblique transformation matrix | ROTATE=PROCRUSTES or PROMAX |
| ObliqueRotFactPat | Rotated factor pattern | ROTATE= any oblique rotation |
| ObliqueTrans | Oblique transformation matrix | HKPOWER= or ROTATE= any oblique rotation except PROCRUSTES or PROMAX |
| OrthRotFactPat | Rotated factor pattern | ROTATE= any orthogonal rotation |
| OrthTrans | Orthogonal transformation matrix | ROTATE= any orthogonal rotation |
| ParallelAnalysis | Parallel analysis results | PARALLEL or NFACTORS=PARALLEL |
| ParCorrControlFactor | Partial correlations after controlling for factors | RESIDUAL |
| ParCorrControlVar | Partial correlations after controlling for other variables | MSA |
| PartialCorr | Partial correlations | MSA, CORR with PARTIAL |
| PriorCommunalEst | Prior communality estimates | PRIORS=, METHOD=ML or ALPHA |
| ProcrustesTarget | Target matrix for Procrustean transformation | ROTATE=PROCRUSTES or PROMAX |
| ProcrustesTrans | Procrustean transformation matrix | ROTATE=PROCRUSTES or PROMAX |
| RMSOffDiagPartials | Root mean square off-diagonal partials | RESIDUAL |
| RMSOffDiagResids | Root mean square off-diagonal residuals | RESIDUAL |
| ReferenceAxisCorr | Reference axis correlations | ROTATE= any oblique rotation |
| ReferenceStructure | Reference structure | ROTATE= any oblique rotation |
| ResCorrUniqueDiag | Residual correlations with uniqueness on the diagonal | RESIDUAL |
| SamplingAdequacy | Kaiser’s measure of sampling adequacy | MSA |
| SignifTests | Significance tests | METHOD=ML |
| SimpleStatistics | Simple statistics | SIMPLE |
| StdScoreCoef | Standardized scoring coefficients | SCORE |
| VarExplain | Variance explained | Default except METHOD=ALPHA, ML, or HARRIS |
| VarExplainWgt | Variance explained with weights | METHOD=ALPHA, ML, or HARRIS; METHOD=IMAGE, PRINCIPAL, PRINIT, or ULS with WEIGHT |
| VarFactorCorr | Squared multiple correlations of the variables with each factor | SCORE |
| VarWeightRotate | Variable weights for rotation | NORM=WEIGHT, ROTATE= |