Sorts loadings from exploratory factor analysis.

Sorts items' loadings based on their loadings from exploratory factor analysis fit with the psych::fa() function.

Usage

my_loadings_sorter(
  fit,
  sort_type = "largest_loading",
  nchar = 40,
  return_blocks = FALSE,
  showlatentcor = TRUE,
  itemLabels = NULL
)

Arguments

fit

the fitted object from the psych::fa() function

sort_type

how to sort the loadings. One of:

• "largest_loading": sorts items by the largest loading

• "largest_loading_but_first": sorts items by the largest loading, ignoring the loading on the first factor

• "first": sorts items by the largest loading on the first factor

nchar

the limit for the number of characters to display for the item label

return_blocks

whether to return the block number that corresponds to each item

showlatentcor

whether or not to print the intercorrelation among the latent factors (only possible for models with an oblique rotation)

itemLabels

a vector of the item labels

Value

Sorted loadings from exploratory factor analysis model.

Details

Adapted from code by Philipp Doebler (doebler@statistik.tu-dortmund.de).