There are usually three steps: the first step is to judge whether it is suitable for factor analysis; Step 2, judge the corresponding relationship between factors and projects; The third step is factor naming.

Step 1: Judge whether to conduct factor analysis.

Mainly depends on the KMO value. Generally, a KMO value greater than 0.6 indicates that it is suitable for factor analysis.

Step 2: Extract factors and judge the corresponding relationship between factors and projects.

Look at the extraction of factors and factor load coefficient, and analyze the corresponding relationship between items and factors.

Step 3: factor naming.

The second step is to delete unreasonable items, and after confirming the good correspondence between factors and items, the factors can be named by combining the correspondence between factors and items.

For specific steps, please read the online spssau help manual: Factor Analysis -SPSSAU.