[R] get rid of error in Factor Analysis

[Andrew Robinson]

Robert,

try try().

Andrew.

On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 10:27:07AM +0200, Robert Mcfadden wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I wrote a program and there is a loop. At each iteration I use maximum
> likelihood factor analysis (?factanal). Output of factor analysis I use
> later (in this loop). Unfortunately from time to time I get an error message
> (I paste it below) and everything is stopped. Is it possible to write a
> condition that if error appears in factor analysis (FA), change input data
> for FA and do it again? Example
> 
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> for (i in 1:1000){
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> FA<-factanal(data,factor=3)
> 
> If error appears change data to data2 and do factor analysis again
> 
> #rest of the program  
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> ............
> 
> ............
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> }
> 
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> 
> Best,
> 
> Robert 
> 
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> Error in optim(start, FAfn, FAgr, method = "L-BFGS-B", lower = lower,  : 
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>         L-BFGS-B needs finite values of 'fn'
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> In addition: Warning message:
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> NaNs produced in: log(x)
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