psych (version 1.0-77)

omega.graph: Graph hierarchical factor structures

Description

Hierarchical factor structures represent the correlations between variables in terms of a smaller set of correlated factors which themselves can be represented by a higher order factor.

Two alternative solutions to such structures are found by the omega function. The correlated factors solutions represents the effect of the higher level, general factor, through its effect on the correlated factors. The other representation makes use of the Schmid Leiman transformation to find the direct effect of the general factor upon the original variables as well as the effect of orthogonal residual group factors upon the items.

Graphic presentations of these two alternatives are helpful in understanding the structure. omega.graph draws both such structures. Graphs are drawn directly onto the graphics window or expressed in ``dot" commands for conversion to graphics using implementations of Graphviz.

Using Graphviz allows the user to clean up the Rgraphviz output.

In addition

Usage

omega.graph(om.results, out.file = NULL,  sl = TRUE, labels = NULL, size = c(8, 6), node.font = c("Helvetica", 14), edge.font = c("Helvetica", 10),  rank.direction=c("RL","TB","LR","BT"), digits = 1, title = "Omega", ...)

Arguments

om.results

The output from the omega function

out.file

Optional output file for off line analysis using Graphviz

sl

Orthogonal clusters using the Schmid-Leiman transform (sl=TRUE) or oblique clusters

labels

variable labels

size

size of graphics window

node.font

What font to use for the items

edge.font

What font to use for the edge labels

rank.direction

Defaults to left to right

digits

Precision of labels

title

Figure title

...

Other options to pass into the graphics packages

Value

• clust.graph
  A graph object
• sem
  A matrix suitable to be run throughe the sem function in the sem package.

Details

Requires the Rgraphviz package. omega requires the GPArotation package.

References

http://personality-project.org/r/r.omega.html Revelle, W. (in preparation) An Introduction to Psychometric Theory with applications in R. http://personality-project.org/r/book

Revelle, W. (1979). Hierarchical cluster analysis and the internal structure of tests. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 14, 57-74. (http://personality-project.org/revelle/publications/iclust.pdf)

Zinbarg, R.E., Revelle, W., Yovel, I., & Li. W. (2005). Cronbach's Alpha, Revelle's Beta, McDonald's Omega: Their relations with each and two alternative conceptualizations of reliability. Psychometrika. 70, 123-133. http://personality-project.org/revelle/publications/zinbarg.revelle.pmet.05.pdf

Zinbarg, R., Yovel, I., Revelle, W. & McDonald, R. (2006). Estimating generalizability to a universe of indicators that all have one attribute in common: A comparison of estimators for omega. Applied Psychological Measurement, 30, 121-144. DOI: 10.1177/0146621605278814 http://apm.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/30/2/121

See Also

omega, make.hierarchical, ICLUST.rgraph

Examples

#24 mental tests from Holzinger-Swineford-Harman
if(require(GPArotation) ) {om24 <- omega(Harman74.cor$cov,4) } #run omega
if(require(Rgraphviz) ){om24pn <- omega.graph(om24,sl=FALSE)} #show the structure
#
#example hierarchical structure from Jensen and Weng
if(require(GPArotation) ) {jen.omega <- omega(make.hierarchical())}
if(require(Rgraphviz) ) {om.jen <- omega.graph(jen.omega,sl=FALSE) }