https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Factor-Analysis/m-p/682090#M32777 <P>How can I explain this result of factor analysis? What does it mean?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="factor.PNG" style="width: 587px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49067iDCD4498AA6825341/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="factor.PNG" alt="factor.PNG" /></span></P> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 02:34:20 GMT zahidhasandipu 2020-09-08T02:34:20Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Factor-Analysis/m-p/682090#M32777 <P>How can I explain this result of factor analysis? What does it mean?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="factor.PNG" style="width: 587px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49067iDCD4498AA6825341/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="factor.PNG" alt="factor.PNG" /></span></P> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 02:34:20 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Factor-Analysis/m-p/682090#M32777 zahidhasandipu 2020-09-08T02:34:20Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Factor-Analysis/m-p/682196#M32779 Positive number means this factor is positive correlation with this variable , vice verse . Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:23:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Factor-Analysis/m-p/682196#M32779 Ksharp 2020-09-08T11:23:12Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Factor-Analysis/m-p/682199#M32780 <P>Other than the mathematical explanation (as stated by&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/18408">@Ksharp</a>), further explanation requires context and requires understanding the problem that you are tying to solve.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:27:51 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Factor-Analysis/m-p/682199#M32780 PaigeMiller 2020-09-08T11:27:51Z