--- title: "Exploratory Factor Analysis Workflow" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Exploratory Factor Analysis Workflow} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>") ``` # Exploratory Factor Analysis Workflow This vignette shows a compact screening-to-EFA workflow with the example ordinal dataset included in `PsychoMatic`. ```{r setup} library(PsychoMatic) data(psychomatic_ordinal) ``` ## Item Screening ```{r item-screening} screen_items(psychomatic_ordinal) ``` ## Reverse Scoring And Scale Scores If an item is theoretically reverse keyed, reverse it before computing scale scores. ```{r scoring} scored <- score_scale( psychomatic_ordinal, items = names(psychomatic_ordinal), method = "mean", min_valid = 0.80 ) scored$reliability ``` ## Exploratory Factor Analysis The full automated EFA routine can be run as follows. It is not evaluated during CRAN vignette checks because parallel analysis and polychoric correlations may take longer on constrained machines. ```{r efa-auto, eval = FALSE} efa_result <- efa_auto( psychomatic_ordinal, rotation = "oblique", max_iter = 3, verbose = FALSE, language = "eng" ) summary(efa_result) ```