Analiza czynnikowa - sposób R
Abstract
FACTOR ANALYSIS - MODE R
Summary
The article deals with the application of factor analysis-R in geological sciences. Factor anaIysis comprises several mathematical-statistical techniques allowing a reduction of the initial set of variables that characterize the objects under observation to a smaller number of hypothetical variables, called factors. The factors are latent, that is directly unobservable, variables. The factorial model belongs therefore to the class of latent structures. The identification of the factors is of decisive importance to an adequate description of reality of geological environment.
Summary
The article deals with the application of factor analysis-R in geological sciences. Factor anaIysis comprises several mathematical-statistical techniques allowing a reduction of the initial set of variables that characterize the objects under observation to a smaller number of hypothetical variables, called factors. The factors are latent, that is directly unobservable, variables. The factorial model belongs therefore to the class of latent structures. The identification of the factors is of decisive importance to an adequate description of reality of geological environment.