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Kappa parameter for Promax Rotation in Factor procedure

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Problem

I am setting up a factor analysis with the Factor procedure, under Analyze->Data Reduction->Factor, and click on the Rotation button to choose a factor rotation method. If I click on Promax under Method, then the Kappa box becomes enabled. The pop-up Help box for Kappa says "Kappa is a parameter which controls the calculation of the promax rotation. The default value is 4. This value is appropriate for most analysis." Please provide a fuller description of how this Kappa parameter affects the promax rotation and how I would choose a value for Kappa.

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33136

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Modified date:
16 April 2020

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