If all the cells in the correlation matrix are close, then that seems to indicate that all the items are similar. I would then expect that there would be only one factor. If the people either rate everything high, or everything low, then that would indicate two groups; I am not sure what you are tyring to get at, but if that's the data, what else could you expect from factor analysis?
OTOH, if all your correlations are roughly equal, I would suggest that your QUESTIONS are poorly chosen, or, at least, that they are not tapping into different things. If you give more details, we may be able to help you more Peter Peter L. Flom, PhD Assistant Director, Statistics and Data Analysis Core Center for Drug Use and HIV Research National Development and Research Institutes 71 W. 23rd St www.peterflom.com New York, NY 10010 (212) 845-4485 (voice) (917) 438-0894 (fax) >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/7/2004 7:11:26 PM >>> I am analyzing a survey dataset where respondents are asked to rate the importance of 20+ statements for factor analysis that will be used for segmentations. I just found that all ratings are highly correlated with all else, examining the data I found respondents seem to be pretty much rating everything either all important or all not important, therefore the factor solutions I got was very crappy and can not go on for segmentations, which is the key objective of the study. Is there anything I can do to the data to make up the correlation problem, The ratings is on a 5 point scale. Please help! Thanks . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . ================================================================= . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
