A python wrapper for the R function factanal.
Project description
Factanalpy
Python wrapper replicating the known factor analysis output from factanal R function. The only supported input is a pandas data frame. Formulas as input are currently not supported. A covariance matrix is always computed from the input data frame. Setting control variables for maximum likelihood estimation is currently not supported.
Further information on R's factanal function for factor analysis: https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/stats/versions/3.6.2/topics/factanal
More information on the factanal output and examples: https://data.library.virginia.edu/getting-started-with-factor-analysis/
Installation
pip install factanal
Dependencies
The only dependency is the rpy2 library.
pip install rpy2
In addition to that, R must be installed on your system and accessible to rpy2.
More information on rpy2: https://rpy2.github.io/doc/latest/html/index.html
Download R here: https://www.r-project.org/
Misc
Factanal for python is MIT licensed.
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