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Interpreting individuals' factor scores

The EFA_model object also contains a named list element, scores, which contains factor scores for each person. These factor scores are an indication of how much or how little of the factor each person is thought to possess. Factor scores are not computed for examinees with missing data.

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Factor Analysis in R

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# Take a look at the first few lines of the response data and their corresponding sum scores
head(gcbs)
rowSums(___)
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