Based on the concept of level contributions of factors, the possibility which the orthogonal factor rotation may be defined in terms of statistic moment is studied.
First of all, by using the principle of single plane rotation, the leveling functions of the
k-th order moments about the origin and the mean are discussed and some manageable formulas for the rotational angles are introduced.
Secondly, the relations between the leveling moment functions and the conventional maximizing moment functions are discussed.
Thirdly, we suggest a new possible criterion, VARILEVEL, when the notion that factor loadings should be squared is justifiable.
Finally, the experiments of Harman's data are presented.
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