Editing Factor analysis (section)

== Implementation ==
{{See also|Structural equation modeling#Software}}
Factor analysis has been implemented in several statistical analysis programs since the 1980s:
*[[BMDP]]
*[[JMP (statistical software)]]
*[[Mplus]] (statistical software)
*[[Python (programming language)|Python]]: module [[scikit-learn]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.decomposition.FactorAnalysis.html|title=sklearn.decomposition.FactorAnalysis — scikit-learn 0.23.2 documentation|website=scikit-learn.org}}</ref>
*[[R (programming language)|R]] (with the base function ''factanal'' or ''fa'' function in package '''psych'''). Rotations are implemented in the ''GPArotation'' R package.
*[[SAS (software)|SAS]] (using PROC FACTOR or PROC CALIS)
* [[SPSS]]<ref>{{Cite journal
 | first = Robert |last=MacCallum
 | title = A comparison of factor analysis programs in SPSS, BMDP, and SAS 
 | journal = Psychometrika
 | volume = 48
 | issue = 2
 |date=June 1983
 | doi = 10.1007/BF02294017
 | pages=223–231
|s2cid=120770421
 }}</ref>
*[[Stata]]

===Stand-alone===
*Factor [https://psico.fcep.urv.cat/utilitats/factor/Download.html] - free factor analysis software developed by the [[Rovira i Virgili University]]