Date:         Mon, 7 Mar 2005 21:55:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Raman <snakey2001@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Raman <snakey2001@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Negative loading in Direct Oblimin Rotation

Hi all,

I have a problem after running a data set by factor analysis with Direct
Oblimin Rotation.

Totally I have 11 variables and 3 factors are extracted.  I find that in
the 1st factor, all factor loadings in the pattern matrix are positive
except 2 of them are negative.  It is strange as I have checked the
correlation between the variables, they are all positive.  I can't
intrepret the result.

Why did the negative factor loading occur in this case?

Thank you very much in advance.