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brStick

Broken-stick method for detection of significant factors


Description

This function provides a simple way to determine the number of significant factors in a factor analysis. This is done by comparing the eigenvalues of each factor with those expected from a broken-stick distribution.

Usage

brStick(eigs)

Arguments

eigs

numeric. Vector of eigenvalues

Value

Returns the number of significant factors.

References

Jackson, Donald A. "Stopping rules in principal components analysis: a comparison of heuristical and statistical approaches." Ecology 74.8 (1993): 2204-2214.

Examples

mod1 <- enfa(x = climdat.hist, s.dat = ABPR, field = "CODE")
brStick(s.factor(mod1))

CENFA

Climate and Ecological Niche Factor Analysis

v1.1.0
GPL (>= 3)
Authors
D. Scott Rinnan
Initial release
2020-02-15

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