topic Factor analysis with mixed variables (continuous and binary) at once in Statistical Procedures

Factor analysis with mixed variables (continuous and binary) at once

me12432t4q6364r — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:42:49 GMT

Hello,

Hoping someone could help. I have a dataset with mixed types of variables. Most are continuous (like unemployment, inflation etc), a few are binary or categorical (like being a democracy or not, or being previously colonised or not). And my task is to perform an exploratory factor analysis to see if there are any data patterns. Is it all possible to do a factor analysis with mixed type of data in SAS?

Thanks a lot.

Re: Factor analysis with mixed variables (continuous and binary) at once

DR500 — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:47:47 GMT

Take a look at proc corresp with the MCA option... it may be the solution you need since it can handle continuous, categorical, etc.

Re: Factor analysis with mixed variables (continuous and binary) at once

Ksharp — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:12:46 GMT

The PRINQUAL procedure performs principal component analysis (PCA) of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed data.

Also check the the its example in documentation.

But don't know if it is what you are looking for .