These are standardized regression coefficients for predicting the factors from the variables. The computation is the usual formula for computing standardized regression coefficients from correlation matrices. The standardized scoring coefficients are computed by multiplying the inverse of the variable correlation matrix (even if the COV option is used) by the structure matrix if a nonorthogonal rotation is specified, or else by the pattern matrix. PROC FACTOR will do all of this automatically if you specify the OUT= and N= options in the PROC statement. Unstandardized scoring coefficients are not available from PROC FACTOR.

An explanation of how to apply the standardized scoring coefficients is given in Usage Note 22555.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/STAT	All	n/a

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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Type:	Usage Note
Priority:	low
Topic:	Analytics ==> Spatial Analysis SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> FACTOR Analytics ==> Multivariate Analysis Analytics ==> Psychometrics

Date Modified:	2008-01-25 08:12:08
Date Created:	2002-12-16 10:56:37