[Rd] Correction in help(factanal)

[John Maindonald]

<<<
Thus factor analysis is in essence a model for the correlation matrix of x,

Σ = Λ'Λ + Ψ
>>>

This should surely be Σ = ΛΛ' + Ψ

Also line 3 under “Details” says
<<<
for a p–element row-vector x, …
>>>

x is here surely a column vector, albeit the transpose of a row vector
from the data matrix.

cf page 322 of “Modern Applied Statistics with S”, 4th edn.

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