Factor analysis; grouping correlating variables and made into a factor

[Mozidigital]

Hi all,

    So, I've run the FA and found for e.g. two factors

    1. Collaboration (a,b,c)
    2. Private work (d,e)

    So now how/what do I do to work with these factors? Do I go back into SPSS and collapse the contributing variables (a,b,c) into one? Is there a special way to do this? i.e. collapse mean values or something? Any key words/suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[Bruce Weaver]

As David noted in another thread, "Google is a wonderful resource!"  Try searching on <factor scores SPSS>.  You'll get plenty of hits including a nice PowerPoint presentation by Karl Wuensch.

Mozidigital wrote

Hi all,

    So, I've run the FA and found for e.g. two factors

    1. Collaboration (a,b,c)
    2. Private work (d,e)

    So now how/what do I do to work with these factors? Do I go back into SPSS and collapse the contributing variables (a,b,c) into one? Is there a special way to do this? i.e. collapse mean values or something? Any key words/suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[Mozidigital]

Ahhh, Factor Score Coefficient Matrix! I think that's it! Thanks!! :)