topic Re: How to round the results of proc factor? in SAS Programming

How to round the results of proc factor?

louis_usa — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 15:18:58 GMT

I know that proc factor has ROUND and FLAG options to control the printouts. But I don't like the results because it simply multiplies all the values by the value of FLAG and it affects only Factor Pattern tables. What if I need to round the all the results to 4 decimals, and how can I do this? For example, here is my sample code:

proc factor rotate=varimax data=sashelp.citiwk; /*round FLAG=100;*/
var FCPOIL FF142B HFBI20 MF3505;
run;

Abbreviated output:

The FACTOR Procedure

Initial Factor Method: Principal Components

Prior Communality Estimates: ONE

Eigenvalues of the Correlation Matrix: Total = 4 Average = 1

Eigenvalue Difference Proportion Cumulative 1 2 3 4

2.00476079	0.67393887	0.5012	0.5012
1.33082192	0.79689871	0.3327	0.8339
0.53392321	0.40342913	0.1335	0.9674
0.13049408		0.0326	1.0000

...

Thank you in advance!

Re: How to round the results of proc factor?

art297 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 17:04:47 GMT

Requires some work to discover what to change, but you can always modify the templates that the proc uses. @Cynthia_sas published a nice paper that describes how to go about doing just that (see: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiz8Yur4JfTAhXq5IMKHUV0BzwQFggpMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.sas.com%2Fresources%2Fpapers%2Fproceedings09%2F227-2009.pdf&usg=AFQjCNFJwF-1NS5Y8ErDTNzT66nlYpVQPQ&sig2=IkqD2zS_Eg1YbElVzpGO4Q )

HTH,

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

Re: How to round the results of proc factor?

louis_usa — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:21:44 GMT

Thank you for the link. I'll study it since I'm not very familiar with the subject.