Integer, Intent (In)	::	nvar, k, ldfl, ldr, maxit
Integer, Intent (Inout)	::	ifail
Integer, Intent (Out)	::	iter
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In)	::	g, acc
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Inout)	::	fl(ldfl,k), flr(ldfl,k), r(ldr,k)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Out)	::	wk(2nvar+kk+5*(k-1))
Character (1), Intent (In)	::	stand

C Header Interface

#include <nag.h>

void	g03baf_ (const char stand, const double g, const Integer nvar, const Integer k, double fl[], const Integer ldfl, double flr[], double r[], const Integer ldr, const double acc, const Integer maxit, Integer iter, double wk[], Integer ifail, const Charlen length_stand)

The routine may be called by the names g03baf or nagf_mv_rot_orthomax.

3 Description

Let

Λ

be the

p \times k

matrix of loadings from a variable-directed multivariate method, e.g., canonical variate analysis or factor analysis. This matrix represents the relationship between the original

p

variables and the

k

orthogonal linear combinations of these variables, the canonical variates or factors. The latter are only unique up to a rotation in the

k

-dimensional space they define. A rotation can then be found that simplifies the structure of the matrix of loadings, and hence the relationship between the original and the derived variables. That is, the elements,

λ_{i j}^{*}

, of the rotated matrix,

Λ^{*}

, are either relatively large or small. The rotations may be found by minimizing the criterion:

V = \sum_{j = 1}^{k} \sum_{i = 1}^{p} {(λ_{i j}^{*})}^{4} - \frac{γ}{p} \sum_{j = 1}^{k} {[\sum_{i = 1}^{p} {(λ_{i j}^{*})}^{2}]}^{2}

where the constant

γ

gives a family of rotations with

γ = 1

giving varimax rotations and

γ = 0

giving quartimax rotations.

It is generally advised that factor loadings should be standardized, so that the sum of squared elements for each row is one, before computing the rotations.

The matrix of rotations,

R

, such that

Λ^{*} = Λ R

, is computed using first an algorithm based on that described by Cooley and Lohnes (1971), which involves the pairwise rotation of the factors. Then a final refinement is made using a method similar to that described by Lawley and Maxwell (1971), but instead of the eigenvalue decomposition, the algorithm has been adapted to incorporate a singular value decomposition.

4 References

Cooley W C and Lohnes P R (1971) Multivariate Data Analysis Wiley

Lawley D N and Maxwell A E (1971) Factor Analysis as a Statistical Method (2nd Edition) Butterworths

5 Arguments

1: $stand$ – Character(1) Input

On entry: indicates if the matrix of loadings is to be row standardized before rotation.

$stand ='S'$: The loadings are row standardized.
$stand ='U'$: The loadings are left unstandardized.

Constraint:

stand ='S'

'U'

2: $g$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input

On entry:

γ

, the criterion constant with

γ = 1.0

giving varimax rotations and

γ = 0.0

giving quartimax rotations.

Constraint:

g \geq 0.0

3: $nvar$ – Integer Input

On entry:

p

, the number of original variables.

Constraint:

nvar \geq k

4: $k$ – Integer Input

On entry:

k

, the number of derived variates or factors.

Constraint:

k \geq 2

5: $fl (ldfl, k)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input/Output

On entry:

Λ

, the matrix of loadings.

fl (i, j)

must contain the loading for the

i

th variable on the

j

th factor, for

i = 1, 2, \dots, p

and

j = 1, 2, \dots, k

On exit: if

stand ='S'

, the elements of fl are standardized so that the sum of squared elements for each row is

1.0

and then after the computation of the rotations are rescaled; this may lead to slight differences between the input and output values of fl.

stand ='U'

, fl will be unchanged on exit.

6: $ldfl$ – Integer Input

On entry: the first dimension of the arrays fl and flr as declared in the (sub)program from which g03baf is called.

Constraint:

ldfl \geq nvar

7: $flr (ldfl, k)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Output

On exit: the rotated matrix of loadings,

Λ^{*}

flr (i, j)

will contain the rotated loading for the

i

th variable on the

j

th factor, for

i = 1, 2, \dots, p

and

j = 1, 2, \dots, k

8: $r (ldr, k)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Output

On exit: the matrix of rotations,

R

9: $ldr$ – Integer Input

On entry: the first dimension of the array r as declared in the (sub)program from which g03baf is called.

Constraint:

ldr \geq k

10: $acc$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) Input

On entry: indicates the accuracy required. The iterative procedure of Cooley and Lohnes (1971) will be stopped and the final refinement computed when the change in

V

is less than

acc \times \max (1.0, V)

. If acc is greater than or equal to

0.0

but less than machine precision or if acc is greater than

1.0

, machine precision will be used instead.

Suggested value:

0.00001

Constraint:

acc \geq 0.0

11: $maxit$ – Integer Input

On entry: the maximum number of iterations.

Suggested value:

30

Constraint:

maxit \geq 1

12: $iter$ – Integer Output

On exit: the number of iterations performed.

13: $wk (2 \times nvar + k \times k + 5 \times (k - 1))$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Workspace

14: $ifail$ – Integer Input/Output

On entry: ifail must be set to

0

−1

1

to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.

A value of

0

causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of

−1

means that an error message is printed while a value of

1

means that it is not.

If halting is not appropriate, the value

−1

1

is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value

1

is recommended. Otherwise, the value

0

is recommended. When the value $- 1$ or $1$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit:

ifail = 0

unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

ifail = 0

−1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$ifail = 1$: On entry, $acc = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $acc \geq 0.0$ .

On entry, $g = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $g \geq 0.0$ .

On entry, $k = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $k \geq 2$ .

On entry, $ldfl = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $nvar = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $ldfl \geq nvar$ .

On entry, $ldr = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $k = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $ldr \geq k$ .

On entry, $maxit = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $maxit > 0$ .

On entry, $nvar = ⟨ value ⟩$ and $k = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $nvar \geq k$ .

On entry, $stand = ⟨ value ⟩$ .
Constraint: $stand ='S'$ or $'U'$ .

$ifail = 2$: The singular value decomposition has failed to converge. This is an unlikely error exit.

$ifail = 3$: The algorithm to find R has failed to reach the required accuracy in maxit iterations. You should try increasing acc or increasing maxit. The returned solution should be a reasonable approximation.

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

The accuracy is determined by the value of acc.

8 Parallelism and Performance

g03baf makes calls to BLAS and/or LAPACK routines, which may be threaded within the vendor library used by this implementation. Consult the documentation for the vendor library for further information.

Please consult the X06 Chapter Introduction for information on how to control and interrogate the OpenMP environment used within this routine. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

9 Further Comments

If the results of a principal component analysis as carried out by g03aaf are to be rotated, the loadings as returned in the array p by g03aaf can be supplied via the argument fl to g03baf. The resulting rotation matrix can then be used to rotate the principal component scores as returned in the array v by g03aaf. The routine f06yaf may be used for this matrix multiplication.

10 Example

This example is taken from page 75 of Lawley and Maxwell (1971). The results from a factor analysis of ten variables using three factors are input and rotated using varimax rotations without standardizing rows.

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NAG FL Interfaceg03baf (rot_​orthomax)

▸▿ Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results

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g03baf (rot_orthomax)