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DATA SOURCE: This lab exercise utilizes the NCES public-use dataset: Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (Lauff & Ingels, 2014) \(\color{blue}{\text{See website: nces.ed.gov}}\)

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Lab preparation

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R-Project Instructions:

click “NEW PROJECT” (upper right corner of window)
choose option “NEW DIRECTORY”
choose location of project (on desktop OR in a designated class folder)

Within R-studio under the Files pane (bottom right):

click “New Folder” and name folder “data”
click “New Folder” and name folder “efa_mplus”

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Install packages

# to install all packages
install.packages(c("MVN", "MplusAutomation", "haven", "tidyverse",
                   "here", "corrplot", "kableExtra"))

To install package {`rhdf5`}

if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE)) 
  install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("rhdf5")

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Loading packages

library(MVN)
library(MplusAutomation)
library(haven)
library(rhdf5)
library(tidyverse)
library(here)
library(corrplot)
library(kableExtra)

EXERCISE 1: READ IN DATA TO R ENVIRONMENT

lab_data <- read_spss(here("data", "els_sub1_spss.sav"))

EXERCISE 2: SUBSET

# make a subset of all the student reported variables

by_student <- lab_data %>% 
  select(22:145)

# make another subset (just the variables we will use for the EFA)

schl_safe <- lab_data %>% 
  select(
    "BYS20A", "BYS20B", "BYS20C", "BYS20D", "BYS20E", "BYS20F", "BYS20G", # F1
    "BYS20H", "BYS20I", "BYS20J", "BYS20K", "BYS20L", "BYS20M", "BYS20N", # F2
    "BYS21A", "BYS21B", "BYS21C", "BYS21D", "BYS21E", # F3
    "BYSEX", "BYRACE", "BYSTLANG" # add some covariates or grouping variables
  )

# subset the first six indicators
inds_6 <- schl_safe %>%
  select(BYS20A:BYS20F) %>%
  drop_na() # drop cases with missing for the "mvn" function

# subset of the indicators only using the (-) symbol
indicators <- schl_safe %>%
  select(-BYSEX, -BYRACE, -BYSTLANG)

# change class of indicator variables to numeric
indicators %>%
  modify_at(c(1:19), as.numeric) %>%
  str()

EXERCISE 3: UNIVARIATE & MULTIVARIATE DIAGNOSTICS

create univariate histograms

# data_obeject[rows,columns] 
# In the following example, schl_safe[,1:6] is the first 6 columns

mvn(data = schl_safe[,1:6], univariatePlot = "histogram")

create univariate qq-plots

mvn(data = as.matrix(inds_6), univariatePlot = "qqplot")

create multivariate qq-plots

mvn(data = inds_6, multivariatePlot = "qq")

run diagnostics all at once

result = mvn(data = inds_6,
             univariatePlot = "histogram",
             multivariatePlot = "qq",
             multivariateOutlierMethod = "adj",
             showOutliers = TRUE, showNewData = TRUE)

#### Multivariate Normality Result
result$multivariateNormality
### Univariate Normality Result
result$univariateNormality
### Descriptives
result$Descriptives
### Multivariate Outliers
result$multivariateOutliers
### New data without multivariate outliers
result$newData

\(\color{blue}{\text{LINK: Run Multivariate Diagnostics using the Shiny MVC App.}}\)

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EXERCISE 4: REVERSE CODE

reverse indicators so scale has consistent meaning for factor interpretation

expected factors based on item wording:

Factor 1: “school climate”, higher values indicate postive school climate
Factor 2: “safety”, higher values indicate safe school conditions
Factor 3: “clear rules”, higher values indicate clear communication of rules

# Reverse code the following variables:

cols = c("BYS20A", "BYS20B", "BYS20C", # FACTOR 1: school climate 
         "BYS20E", "BYS20F", "BYS20G", 
         "BYS21A", "BYS21B", "BYS21C", "BYS21D", "BYS21E") # FACTOR 3: clear rules

# the number "5" will change: Use "number of categories" + 1 (e.g., 4 + 1)
schl_safe[ ,cols] <-  5 - schl_safe[ ,cols]

EXERCISE 5: CHECK CORRELATIONS

check correlations to see if coding was correct (all blue, no red)

f1_cor <- cor(schl_safe[1:7], use = "pairwise.complete.obs")
f2_cor <- cor(schl_safe[8:14], use = "pairwise.complete.obs")
f3_cor <- cor(schl_safe[15:19], use = "pairwise.complete.obs")

corrplot(f1_cor, 
         method = "circle",
         type = "upper")

corrplot(f2_cor, 
         method = "circle",
         type = "upper")

corrplot(f3_cor, 
         method = "circle",
         type = "upper")

# Discovering patterns in large correlation matrices: 
# The correlation matrix can be reordered according to the correlation coefficient. 
# This is useful for identifing the hidden structure and pattern in the matrix. 
# “hclust” for hierarchical clustering can be used...

# Add the argument: order="hclust"

EXERCISE 6: PREPARE DATASETS

### prepare datasets, remove SPSS labeling 

# write a CSV datafile (preferable format for reading into R, without labels)
write_csv(schl_safe, here("data", "els_fa_ready_sub2.csv"))

# write a SPSS datafile (preferable format for reading into SPSS, labels are preserved)
write_sav(schl_safe, here("data", "els_fa_ready_sub2.sav"))

# read the unlabeled data back into R
fa_data <- read_csv(here("data", "els_fa_ready_sub2.csv"))

# write an Mplus DAT datafile
prepareMplusData(fa_data, here("data", "els_fa_ready_sub2.dat"))

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EXERCISE 7: MPLUS AUTOMATION - GET DESCRIPTIVES

## TYPE = BASIC ANALYSIS (indicators: school climate, safety, clear rules )

m_basic  <- mplusObject(
  TITLE = "RUN TYPE = BASIC ANALYSIS - LAB 2 DEMO", 
  VARIABLE = 
    " ! an mplusObject() will always need a 'usevar' statement 
      ! ONLY specify variables to use in analysis
      ! lines of code in MPLUS ALWAYS end with a semicolon ';'
    usevar =
 BYS20A BYS20B BYS20C BYS20D BYS20E BYS20F BYS20G
 BYS20H BYS20I BYS20J BYS20K BYS20L BYS20M BYS20N
 BYS21A BYS21B BYS21C BYS21D BYS21E;",            
  
  ANALYSIS = 
    "type = basic" ,
  
  MODEL = "" ,
  
  PLOT = "",
  
  OUTPUT = "",
  
  usevariables = colnames(fa_data),   # tell MplusAutomation the column names to use
  rdata = fa_data)                    # this is the data object used (must be un-label)

m_basic_fit <- mplusModeler(m_basic, 
                    dataout=here("efa_mplus", "basic_Lab2_DEMO.dat"),
                    modelout=here("efa_mplus", "basic_Lab2_DEMO.inp"),
                    check=TRUE, run = TRUE, hashfilename = FALSE)

## END: TYPE = BASIC ANALYSIS

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EXERCISE 8: EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA)

## EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS: (indicators: school climate, safety, clear rules)

m_efa_1  <- mplusObject(
  TITLE = "FACTOR ANALYSIS EFA - LAB 2 DEMO", 
  VARIABLE = 
    "usevar =
 BYS20A BYS20B BYS20C BYS20D BYS20E BYS20F BYS20G
 BYS20H BYS20I BYS20J BYS20K BYS20L BYS20M BYS20N
 BYS21A BYS21B BYS21C BYS21D BYS21E;",
  
  ANALYSIS = 
 "type = efa 1 5;   ! run efa of 1 through 5 factor models
  estimator = MLR;  ! using the ROBUST ML Estimator
  parallel=50;      ! run the parallel analysis for viewing in elbow plotå
  ",
 
  MODEL = "" ,
  
  PLOT = "type = plot3;",
  OUTPUT = "sampstat standardized residual modindices (3.84);",
  
  usevariables = colnames(fa_data), 
  rdata = fa_data)

m_efa_1_fit <- mplusModeler(m_efa_1, 
                            dataout=here("efa_mplus", "EFA1_Lab2_DEMO.dat"),
                            modelout=here("efa_mplus", "EFA1_Lab2_DEMO.inp"),
                            check=TRUE, run = TRUE, hashfilename = FALSE)

## END: EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS

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EXERCISE 9: EFA REDUCED INDICATOR SET

Removed items: (loadings <.5 and/or cross-loadings)

How to make a tribble table?

lab_tools <- tribble(
  ~"Items", ~"Factor 1", ~"Factor 2",  ~"Factor 3",
 #----------|-------------|------------|-----------|,
  "BYS20C"  ,  " 0.149 "  ,  "0.168*"  ,  "0.120 "  ,   
  "BYS20D"  ,  " 0.075 "  ,  "0.338*"  ,  "0.082 "  ,    
  "BYS20H"  ,  " 0.345*"  ,  "0.307*"  ,  "0.061 "  ,    
  "BYS20I"  ,  "-0.032 "  ,  "0.386*"  ,  "0.167 "  ,    
  "BYS20L"  ,  " 0.004 "  ,  "0.400*"  ,  "0.377*"  ,    
  "BYS21B"  ,  " 0.418*"  ,  "0.024 "  ,  "0.187*"  ,
)

lab_tools %>% 
  kable(booktabs = T, linesep = "") %>% 
  kable_styling(latex_options = c("striped"), 
                full_width = F,
                position = "left")

Items	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
BYS20C	0.149	0.168*	0.120
BYS20D	0.075	0.338*	0.082
BYS20H	0.345*	0.307*	0.061
BYS20I	-0.032	0.386*	0.167
BYS20L	0.004	0.400*	0.377*
BYS21B	0.418*	0.024	0.187*

\(\color{white}{\text{.}}\)

## EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS - REDUCED SET

m.step1  <- mplusObject(
  TITLE = "FACTOR ANALYSIS EFA - REDUCED SET - LAB 2 DEMO", 
  VARIABLE = 
    "usevar =
     BYS20A BYS20B BYS20E BYS20F BYS20G 
     ! removed: BYS20C BYS20D
     BYS20J BYS20K BYS20M BYS20N
     ! removed:BYS20H BYS20I BYS20L
     BYS21A BYS21C BYS21D BYS21E
     ! removed: BYS21B 
     ;",
  
  ANALYSIS = 
    "type = efa 1 5;    ! run efa of 1 through 5 factor models
     estimator = MLR;   ! using the ROBUST ML Estimator
     parallel=50;       ! run the parallel analysis for viewing in elbow plot
    ",
  
  MODEL = "" ,
  
    PLOT = "type = plot3;",
  OUTPUT = "sampstat standardized residual modindices (3.84);",
  
  usevariables = colnames(fa_data), 
  rdata = fa_data)

m.step1.fit <- mplusModeler(m.step1, 
                            dataout=here("efa_mplus", "EFA2_Lab1_DEMO.dat"),
                            modelout=here("efa_mplus", "EFA2_Lab1_DEMO.inp"),
                            check=TRUE, run = TRUE, hashfilename = FALSE)

## END: EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF - REDUCED SET

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References

Hallquist, M. N., & Wiley, J. F. (2018). MplusAutomation: An R Package for Facilitating Large-Scale Latent Variable Analyses in Mplus. Structural equation modeling: a multidisciplinary journal, 25(4), 621-638.

Horst, A. (2020). Course & Workshop Materials. GitHub Repositories, https://https://allisonhorst.github.io/

Muthén, L.K. and Muthén, B.O. (1998-2017). Mplus User’s Guide. Eighth Edition. Los Angeles, CA: Muthén & Muthén

R Core Team (2017). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. URL http://www.R-project.org/

Wickham et al., (2019). Welcome to the tidyverse. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(43), 1686, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01686

Lab 2 - Exploratory Factor Analysis

Adam Garber

Factor Analysis ED 216B - Instructor: Karen Nylund-Gibson

March 21, 2020

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Lab preparation

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R-Project Instructions:

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Install packages

To install package {rhdf5}

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Loading packages

EXERCISE 1: READ IN DATA TO R ENVIRONMENT

EXERCISE 2: SUBSET

EXERCISE 3: UNIVARIATE & MULTIVARIATE DIAGNOSTICS

create univariate histograms

create univariate qq-plots

create multivariate qq-plots

run diagnostics all at once

\(\color{blue}{\text{LINK: Run Multivariate Diagnostics using the Shiny MVC App.}}\)

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EXERCISE 4: REVERSE CODE

reverse indicators so scale has consistent meaning for factor interpretation

expected factors based on item wording:

EXERCISE 5: CHECK CORRELATIONS

check correlations to see if coding was correct (all blue, no red)

EXERCISE 6: PREPARE DATASETS

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EXERCISE 7: MPLUS AUTOMATION - GET DESCRIPTIVES

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EXERCISE 8: EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA)

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EXERCISE 9: EFA REDUCED INDICATOR SET

Removed items: (loadings <.5 and/or cross-loadings)

How to make a tribble table?

\(\color{white}{\text{.}}\)

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References

To install package {`rhdf5`}