Dandelion plot: a method for the visualization of R-mode exploratory factor analyses

Artür Manukyan (), Erhan Çene (), Ahmet Sedef () and Ibrahim Demir ()

Computational Statistics, 2014, vol. 29, issue 6, 1769-1791

Abstract: One of the important aspects of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is to discover underlying structures in real life problems. Especially, R-mode methods of EFA aim to investigate the relationship between variables. Visualizing an efficient EFA model is as important as obtaining one. A good graph of an EFA should be simple, informative and easy to interpret. A few number of visualization methods exist. Dandelion plot, a novel method of visualization for R-mode EFA, is used in this study, providing a more effective representation of factors. With this method, factor variances and factor loadings can be plotted on a single window. The representation of both positivity and negativity among factor loadings is another strength of the method. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: EFA; Data visualization; R-mode methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00180-014-0518-x

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