Man pages for semanticfa
Semantic Factor Analysis of Language Model Embeddings

as_psychCoerce to psych fa Object
big5IPIP Big Five 50-Item Inventory with Qwen3 Embeddings
plot.sfa_coveragePlot a Content-Validity Audit
plot.sfa_coverage_batteryPlot One Factor of a Content-Validity Audit Battery
semanticfa-packagesemanticfa: Semantic Factor Analysis of Language Model...
sfaSemantic Factor Analysis
sfa_anchorConstruct-Label and Centroid Anchoring
sfa_build_bankPre-Embed a Set of Texts into a Reusable Bank
sfa_build_regionBuild a Construct Region from a Text Corpus
sfa_build_regionsBuild Many Construct Regions in One Corpus Pass
sfa_cdComparison-Data Misfit Profile
sfa_clear_cacheClear Embedding Cache
sfa_combine_banksCombine Embedding Lookups
sfa_congruenceCompare Semantic and Empirical Factor Structures
sfa_corplotHeatmap of an Item-by-Item Similarity Matrix
sfa_coverageAudit the Content Validity of a Scale Against a Construct...
sfa_cross_matrixExtract the Numeric Matrix from a Cross-Audit
sfa_deletion_gapsNewly Uncovered Content After an Item-Set Change
sfa_dimselectEmbedding-Dimension Selection by EGA Depth Optimization
sfa_ekcEmpirical Kaiser Criterion for Embedding Similarity Matrices
sfa_embedEmbed Item Text with a Language Model
sfa_embedding_bankUse a Pre-Generated Embedding Bank as an Embedder
sfa_gapsGap Table from a Coverage Audit
sfa_install_pythonProvision the Python Environment for Embedding
sfa_item_fitVet a Candidate Scale Item Before Data Collection
sfa_itemplot2-D Item Map (t-SNE, UMAP, PCA, or MDS)
sfa_jinglejangleDetect Jingle and Jangle Fallacies Across Scales
sfa_leximaxLeximax: Rotate Factor Axes Toward the Construct Lexicon
sfa_lexmapBuild the Lexical Map for Leximax Rotation
sfa_load_npzLoad Pre-generated Embeddings from a NumPy .npz File
sfa_load_regionLoad a Saved Construct Region
sfa_mapVelicer's Minimum Average Partial for Similarity Matrices
sfa_nameName the Factors of an sfa Fit
sfa_nameabilityNameability of an Orientation
sfa_naming_instructionThe Default Naming Instruction
sfa_nfactorsUnified Factor Retention Diagnostics
sfa_nli_matrixSigned Item Similarity from Natural Language Inference
sfa_parallelEmbedding-Adapted Parallel Analysis
sfa_poolFetch or Build the Candidate Pool for a Naming Model
sfa_projectSemantic Projection onto Bipolar Axes
sfa_redundancyDetect Redundant (Near-Duplicate) Items
sfa_reembed_regionRe-Embed a Construct Region Under Another Encoder
sfa_region_bankUse a Region's Own Stored Embeddings as an Embedder
sfa_semkCalibrated Semantic Factor Retention (sem-k)
sfa_similarityCompute Embedding Similarity Matrix
sfa_simplifyResponse-Free Scale Simplification
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