This link concerns the following paper:

MacCallum, R. C., Widaman, K. F., Zhang, S., & Hong, S. (1999). Sample size in factor analysis. Psychological Methods, 4, 84-99.

In this paper we conducted factor analyses on 9 population correlation matrices. Those 9 matrices and corresponding factor solutions are made available here in a file. Click here to download the compressed text file.


Population Correlation Matrix

10 variables, Three Factors, High Communality

1.000   
 .087  1.000  
 .001  -.070  1.000   
 .635   .352   .072  1.000  
-.077   .147   .639   .073  1.000  
-.084   .623  -.039   .197   .212  1.000  
-.028  -.064   .799   .046   .646  -.024  1.000  
 .047  -.059   .746   .115   .591  -.043   .744  1.000   
 .672   .101   .194   .738   .075  -.082   .162   .232  1.000  
 .517   .353   .101   .688   .119   .234   .081   .134   .614  1.000

Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)         

           1       2       3
    1    -0.094   0.785  -0.134
    2    -0.048   0.140   0.743
    3     0.890   0.025  -0.085
    4    -0.001   0.846   0.196
    5     0.740  -0.072   0.227
    6     0.018  -0.081   0.844
    7     0.895  -0.012  -0.066
    8     0.824   0.083  -0.090
    9     0.110   0.886  -0.145
   10     0.052   0.694   0.246

Communality

  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.600   0.600   0.800   0.800   0.600   0.700   0.800

  8       9      10
0.300   0.800   0.600


10 variables, Three Factors, Wide Communality

1.000
 .347  1.000
-.071  -.010  1.000
 .208   .093   .540  1.000
 .082   .286   .190   .054  1.000
 .094   .172   .215   .139   .325  1.000
 .271   .396   .094   .066   .617   .338  1.000
 .051   .148   .747   .510   .404   .321   .353  1.000        
 .008   .202   .150   .014   .486   .256   .483   .316  1.000
 .011   .250   .132  -.022   .593   .304   .593   .342   .488  1.000


Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)  
       1       2       3
    1    -0.067   0.027   0.782
    2     0.289  -0.033   0.418
    3     0.051   0.881  -0.198
    4    -0.158   0.682   0.212
    5     0.766   0.032   0.007
    6     0.363   0.165   0.058
    7     0.753  -0.045   0.263
    8     0.328   0.768  -0.062
    9     0.641   0.007  -0.070
   10     0.796  -0.052  -0.079

Communality
  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.600   0.300   0.800   0.500   0.600   0.200   0.700

  8       9      10
0.800   0.400   0.600


10 variables, Three Factors, Low Communality

1.000  
-.008 1.000   
 .186  .064  1.000    
 .245 -.008   .231  1.000    
 .179  .119   .193   .220  1.000    
 .038  .341   .093   .048   .142  1.000   
-.019  .227   .162  -.019   .060   .186  1.000  
 .276  .065   .252   .338   .271   .118  -.006  1.000    
 .198  .027   .184   .243   .188   .068  -.007   .282  1.000  
-.011  .078   .149  -.009   .021   .061   .222  -.024  -.012  1.000

 
Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)       

           1       2       3
    1     0.452  -0.049  -0.015
    2    -0.035   0.629   0.027
    3     0.412  -0.050   0.345
    4     0.554  -0.060  -0.009
    5     0.399   0.149   0.009
    6     0.072   0.530   0.010
    7    -0.060   0.217   0.447
    8     0.623   0.070  -0.073
    9     0.447   0.013  -0.032
   10    -0.035  -0.023   0.455


Communality
  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.200   0.400   0.300   0.300   0.200   0.300   0.300

  8       9      10
0.400   0.200   0.200


20 variables, Three Factors, High Communality

 1
 .298  1
 .204  .457  1
 .484  .348  .479  1
 .141  .510  .590  .415  1
 .630  .258  .292  .580  .208  1
 .380  .679  .221  .254  .263  .301  1
 .631  .338  .339  .596  .264  .696  .360  1
-.035  .398  .550  .295  .573  .035  .115  .089  1
 .233  .470 -.055 -.002  .001  .110  .584  .150 -.113  1
 .330  .789  .529  .426  .568  .318  .640  .395  .455  .395  1
 .450  .729  .275  .329  .310  .380  .745  .441  .144  .598  .698  1
 .607  .143  .247  .559  .149  .691  .198  .674 -.010  .025  .210  .273
 1
 .092  .672  .205  .050  .295 -.010  .617  .065  .227  .540  .615  .632
-.123  1
 .143  .473 -.108 -.103 -.031 -.004  .588  .042 -.126  .639  .380  .590
-.096  .596  1
 .205  .703  .239  .144  .313  .113  .665  .186  .214  .561  .655  .693
 .000  .689  .597  1
 .660  .385  .409  .657  .331  .736  .380  .746  .151  .137  .452  .468
 .711  .080  .021  .205  1
-.111  .365  .514  .224  .547 -.049  .078  .004  .596 -.127  .415  .096
-.094  .227 -.126  .199  .061  1
 .256  .508  .692  .570  .673  .363  .241  .413  .623 -.079  .596  .306
 .315  .208 -.147  .252  .495  .578  1
 .554  .377  .401  .582  .339  .623  .346  .638  .188  .118  .438  .423
 .595  .105  .020  .209  .689  .113  .480  1

Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)

        1       2       3
    1     0.754   0.156  -0.157
    2     0.106   0.688   0.409
    3     0.226  -0.004   0.689
    4     0.651  -0.069   0.315
    5     0.100   0.100   0.719
    6     0.851  -0.013  -0.054
    7     0.214   0.761   0.019
    8     0.821   0.059   0.009
    9    -0.099  -0.008   0.794
   10     0.032   0.771  -0.258
   11     0.182   0.584   0.489
   12     0.302   0.768   0.044
   13     0.872  -0.139  -0.098
   14    -0.201   0.805   0.207
   15    -0.116   0.848  -0.268
   16    -0.046   0.801   0.172
   17     0.857   0.047   0.087
   18    -0.202  -0.007   0.800
   19     0.301  -0.036   0.780
   20     0.708   0.058   0.152

Communality
  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.600   0.800   0.700   0.600   0.600   0.700   0.700

  8       9      10      11      12      13      14
0.700   0.600   0.600   0.800   0.800   0.700   0.700

  15      16      17      18      19      20
0.700   0.700   0.800   0.600   0.800   0.600


20 variables, Three Factors, Wide Communality

1
 .394  1
 .310  .164  1
 .151  .029  .188  1
 .037 -.034  .120  .687  1
 .148  .113  .097  .450  .456  1
 .197  .298 -.040 -.053 -.029  .260  1
 .318  .173  .196  .124  .052  .051 -.044  1
 .378  .170  .301  .642  .575  .399 -.051  .255  1
 .186  .288 -.041 -.020  .007  .283  .798 -.050 -.030  1
 .453  .304  .251  .395  .330  .351  .273  .226  .496  .282  1
 .217  .205  .102  .535  .551  .551  .514  .045  .468  .542  .488
 1
 .311  .163  .198  .153  .082  .066 -.058  .199  .276 -.062  .231
 .059  1
 .308  .279  .090 -.026 -.060  .127  .418  .096  .071  .410  .259
 .253  .085  1
 .189  .296 -.051 -.103 -.080  .226  .797 -.051 -.095  .794  .245
 .471 -.067  .419  1
 .166  .271 -.056 -.111 -.087  .202  .745 -.054 -.106  .742  .216
 .429 -.070  .388  .748  1
 .111  .039  .112  .372  .360  .246 -.005  .080  .353  .011  .232
 .298  .094  .008 -.032 -.038  1
 .089  .106  .041  .429  .457  .434  .379 -.007  .339  .404  .336
 .624  .006  .155  .345  .314  .234  1
 .409  .215  .284  .482  .408  .314  .017  .254  .577  .029  .455
 .381  .266  .126 -.016 -.029  .272  .260  1
 .314  .168  .200  .173  .104  .087 -.040  .198  .291 -.042  .246
 .089  .199  .093 -.050 -.054  .105  .030  .278  1


Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)
          1       2       3
    1     0.225  -0.069   0.745
    2     0.344  -0.086   0.427
    3    -0.059   0.064   0.425
    4    -0.185   0.806   0.095
    5    -0.165   0.857  -0.077
    6     0.203   0.576   0.001
    7     0.888   0.060  -0.066
    8    -0.051  -0.023   0.453
    9    -0.156   0.610   0.434
   10     0.881   0.108  -0.089
   11     0.249   0.346   0.447
   12     0.466   0.723  -0.031
   13    -0.072   0.014   0.442
   14     0.479  -0.076   0.261
   15     0.896  -0.001  -0.066
   16     0.840  -0.014  -0.075
   17    -0.071   0.418   0.085
   18     0.332   0.615  -0.133
   19    -0.048   0.407   0.480
   20    -0.056   0.043   0.434

Communality

  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.300   0.300   0.200   0.700   0.700   0.400   0.800

  8       9      10      11      12      13      14
0.200   0.700   0.800   0.500   0.800   0.200   0.300

  15      16      17      18      19      20
0.800   0.700   0.200   0.500   0.500   0.200


20 variables, 3 Factors, Low Communality

1
 .238  1
 .003  .033  1
 .209  .161  .296  1
 .205  .211  .178  .287  1
 .291  .213  .155  .305  .269  1
 .108  .174  .194  .255  .285  .215  1
 .356  .278 -.009  .181  .262  .282  .198  1
 .113  .121  .279  .334  .253  .235  .250  .120  1
 .077  .195  .097  .149  .277  .165  .311  .235  .175  1
 .237  .258  .145  .276  .338  .290  .324  .330  .247  .351  1
 .218  .257  .076  .199  .311  .248  .303  .338  .185  .371  .388
 1
 .286  .241 -.015  .140  .230  .231  .184  .344  .098  .232  .295
 .309  1
 .055  .173 -.047 -.003  .188  .078  .222  .228  .038  .364  .280
 .336  .232  1
 .002  .149  .157  .168  .264  .138  .318  .157  .206  .386  .322
 .329  .165  .325  1
-.052  .075  .050  .032  .133  .031  .183  .075  .077  .262  .180
 .204  .091  .251  .268  1
 .103  .129  .272  .324  .263  .230  .267  .129  .298  .208  .265
 .211  .110  .077  .238  .105  1
 .115  .098  .224  .280  .198  .200  .184  .101  .242  .109  .186
 .131  .077 -.004  .131  .033  .235  1
 .016  .067  .232  .239  .188  .144  .208  .045  .234  .163  .183
 .140  .042  .055  .202  .098  .238  .180  1
-.006  .079  .272  .269  .227  .158  .262  .051  .275  .225  .228
 .184  .051  .100  .273  .146  .284  .205  .243  1

Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)
          1       2       3
    1     0.016   0.654  -0.206
    2     0.033   0.392   0.109
    3     0.581  -0.132  -0.051
    4     0.574   0.210  -0.132
    5     0.301   0.276   0.173
    6     0.291   0.414  -0.073
    7     0.317   0.115   0.302
    8    -0.055   0.608   0.109
    9     0.525   0.065   0.005
   10     0.096   0.123   0.549
   11     0.219   0.352   0.296
   12     0.072   0.358   0.396
   13    -0.071   0.498   0.166
   14    -0.187   0.154   0.609
   15     0.214  -0.030   0.546
   16     0.027  -0.079   0.455
   17     0.501   0.056   0.075
   18     0.432   0.089  -0.071
   19     0.426  -0.070   0.100
   20     0.489  -0.118   0.195

Communality

  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.400   0.200   0.300   0.400   0.300   0.300   0.300

  8       9      10      11      12      13      14
0.400   0.300   0.400   0.400   0.400   0.300   0.400

  15    16      17      18      19      20
0.400 0.200   0.300   0.200   0.200   0.300


20 variables, 7 Factors, High Communality

 1
-.052  1
 .401  .019  1
 .012  .561  .229  1
 .682  .189  .401  .240  1
-.053  .745  .015  .586  .193  1
 .083 -.060  .408  .082  .064 -.087  1
 .084  .227  .454  .259  .213  .237  .195  1
-.054  .629  .146  .576  .252  .650  .051  .393  1
 .070  .151  .322  .174  .158  .115  .548  .339  .307  1
 .014  .168  .166  .222  .083  .141  .128  .174  .069  .362  1
 .076 -.113  .590  .050  .043 -.131  .578  .448  .001  .520  .244  1
 .025  .26   .191  .152  .024  .317 -.040  .276  .053 -.067  .112  .206
 1
 .134  .366 -.064  .202  .122  .417 -.114 -.091  .033 -.099  .153 -.145
 .389  1
 .354  .340  .288  .312  .363  .361  .272  .101  .180  .319  .255  .203
 .239  .425  1
-.089  .456 -.042  .271 -.039  .518 -.103  .074  .136 -.064  .201 -.021
 .542  .583  .360  1
-.043  .208  .036  .216 -.004  .215 -.076  .034 -.019  .014  .596  .041
 .258  .324  .220  .381  1
 .031  .281  .343  .344  .120  .275  .558  .214  .317  .603  .228  .462
 .054  .107  .457  .141  .056  1
 .508  .467  .217  .417  .553  .509 -.038  .042  .275  .001  .148 -.126
 .257  .525  .566  .402  .240  .205  1
 .214  .043  .314  .266  .211  .031  .093  .012 -.068 -.004  .497  .155
 .071  .155  .253  .105  .477  .132  .315  1

Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)

           1       2       3       4       5       6       7
    1    -0.225  -0.027   0.913  -0.006  -0.038   0.044   0.003
    2     0.728  -0.003   0.006   0.213   0.045  -0.041  -0.087
    3     0.007   0.300   0.323  -0.004  -0.009   0.496   0.302
    4     0.716   0.091  -0.002  -0.031   0.092   0.032   0.238
    5     0.150  -0.067   0.811  -0.121   0.010   0.103  -0.016
    6     0.758  -0.026   0.005   0.293   0.002  -0.032  -0.073
    7    -0.096   0.769  -0.031  -0.066  -0.063   0.058   0.065
    8     0.252   0.025   0.078   0.057   0.053   0.694  -0.096
    9     0.885   0.022   0.018  -0.178  -0.072   0.178  -0.112
   10     0.074   0.666   0.072  -0.179   0.227   0.116  -0.402
   11    -0.021   0.064   0.001  -0.070   0.904   0.071  -0.124
   12    -0.228   0.591  -0.073   0.114   0.067   0.514   0.089
   13    -0.024  -0.065  -0.022   0.730   0.003   0.354   0.038
   14     0.042   0.020   0.157   0.625   0.089  -0.280  -0.019
   15     0.084   0.432   0.359   0.333   0.086  -0.191  -0.008
   16     0.151   0.010  -0.114   0.751   0.110  -0.051  -0.022
   17     0.005  -0.119  -0.080   0.204   0.693  -0.024   0.092
   18     0.240   0.797  -0.056   0.042  -0.008  -0.097   0.021
   19     0.299  -0.001   0.590   0.300   0.033  -0.223   0.125
   20     0.013   0.016   0.125  -0.108   0.544  -0.045   0.517

Communality

  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.800   0.700   0.700   0.600   0.700   0.800   0.600

  8       9      10      11      12      13      14
0.600   0.800   0.800   0.800   0.800   0.600   0.600

  15      16      17      18      19      20
0.600   0.700   0.600   0.700   0.800   0.700


20 variables, 7 Factors, wide Communality
1
-.031  1
 .193 -.054  1
-.017 -.076  .259  1
 .508 -.002  .476  .073  1
-.048  .307  .089  .264  .025  1
 .058 -.100  .017  .461  .066 -.015  1
 .111 -.066  .323  .546  .253  .165  .681  1
-.032  .409  .222  .235  .145  .617  .072  .264  1
-.090  .009  .034  .426 -.037  .010  .477  .344  .142  1
 .091  .087  .065  .220  .119  .111  .175  .248  .182  .431  1
 .403  .026  .520  .080  .569  .011  .131  .307  .211  .060  .120  1
 .106 -.062  .383  .382  .262  .103  .372  .491  .196  .189  .011  .311
 1
 .115  .097  .521  .412  .324  .451  .057  .374  .491 -.040 -.029  .319
 .374  1
 .132  .140  .342  .255  .276  .372  .074  .327  .435  .001  .182  .270
 .238  .467  1
 .049  .112  .190  .453  .099  .509  .103  .320  .424  .025  .140  .034
 .209  .520  .390  1
-.013 -.057  .134  .437  .002  .116  .093  .113  .058  .382  .303 -.020
 .103  .155  .074  .243  1
 .220 -.108  .130  .560  .199  .052  .652  .592  .082  .494  .277  .198
 .361  .172  .138  .233  .307  1
 .511 -.043  .229  .133  .443  .017  .045  .118  .001  .025  .179  .339
 .121  .176  .155  .147  .164  .270  1
-.015  .105  .075  .105  .031  .110 -.047 -.025  .173  .235  .274  .053
-.011  .043  .066  .062  .219  .057  .064  1


Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)

           1       2       3       4       5       6       7
    1     0.033  -0.049   0.782  -0.014  -0.001  -0.085  -0.008
    2    -0.058  -0.091   0.008  -0.032   0.550  -0.032   0.014
    3    -0.091   0.837   0.028   0.047  -0.100   0.092   0.027
    4     0.447   0.110  -0.058   0.384  -0.083   0.388  -0.008
    5     0.012   0.395   0.533  -0.057   0.040  -0.093   0.045
    6    -0.005  -0.063  -0.024   0.475   0.516   0.048  -0.010
    7     0.931  -0.108  -0.006  -0.075   0.002  -0.088   0.021
    8     0.725   0.239  -0.055   0.209  -0.049  -0.213   0.194
    9     0.118   0.165  -0.073   0.169   0.772   0.011   0.009
   10     0.508  -0.003  -0.121  -0.305   0.129   0.463   0.181
   11     0.048  -0.049   0.031   0.051  -0.040   0.021   0.884
   12     0.102   0.541   0.353  -0.224   0.128  -0.088   0.035
   13     0.396   0.386   0.001   0.068  -0.002   0.028  -0.115
   14     0.014   0.471   0.043   0.474   0.184   0.088  -0.159
   15     0.028   0.270   0.061   0.353   0.192  -0.121   0.170
   16     0.060  -0.028   0.067   0.697   0.130   0.092   0.044
   17     0.002   0.019   0.039   0.176  -0.126   0.624   0.099
   18     0.703  -0.106   0.265   0.061  -0.048   0.218   0.021
   19    -0.020  -0.017   0.684   0.088  -0.055   0.141   0.035
   20    -0.099   0.063   0.000  -0.086   0.160   0.299   0.176

Communality
  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.600   0.300   0.700   0.700   0.600   0.600   0.800

  8       9      10      11      12      13      14
0.800   0.800   0.700   0.800   0.600   0.400   0.700

  15      16      17      18      19      20
0.400   0.600   0.500   0.700   0.500   0.200


20 variables, 7 Factors, Low Communality

1
 .021  1
-.050  .025  1
 .072  .191  .061  1
 .252  .026 -.011 -.024  1
 .123  .135  .013  .315  .020  1
 .016  .144  .148  .281 -.001  .205  1
-.001  .107  .253  .186  .008  .089  .256  1
-.036  .252  .007  .201  .008  .129  .137  .087  1
-.019  .016  .119  .122 -.027  .009  .180  .182  .008  1
 .079  .034  .023  .129  .035  .060  .111  .077  .098  .129  1
 .030 -.003  .225  .107 -.001  .112  .086  .151  .011  .056  .076
 1
 .118 -.026  .072  .095  .044  .202  .069  .048 -.058  .005  .040
 .161  1
-.016 -.030  .008  .087 -.043  .169  .114  .041 -.070  .059  .021
 .015  .123  1
 .141  .009  .017  .183  .041  .293  .153  .065 -.044  .046  .061
 .087  .211  .207  1
-.004  .066  .153  .137  .004  .157  .206  .193  .048  .111  .043
 .092  .101  .133  .154  1
-.031  .019 -.000  .116 -.034  .134  .125  .044  .112  .110  .185
 .062  .086  .135  .140  .106  1
 .038  .010 -.012  .078  .016  .170  .122  .045 -.025  .045  .018
-.030  .104  .183  .201  .142  .126  1
 .312 -.008 -.042 -.031  .231  .014  .001  .003 -.060  .007  .055
-.043  .052 -.009  .080  .010 -.023  .056  1
 .088 -.051  .122  .098  .017  .118  .036  .056  .007  .060  .177
 .289  .184  .030  .119  .035  .178 -.025 -.003  1

Rotated ML solution (Direct Quartimin)
          1       2       3       4       5       6       7
    1    -0.026   0.580  -0.078   0.082  -0.040   0.004   0.162
    2    -0.030   0.032   0.069  -0.075   0.385  -0.045   0.118
    3    -0.042  -0.036   0.504   0.211  -0.008  -0.073  -0.081
    4     0.041  -0.055   0.059   0.045   0.193   0.073   0.501
    5    -0.014   0.447   0.028   0.013   0.066  -0.012  -0.082
    6     0.346   0.018  -0.090   0.189   0.211  -0.090   0.308
    7     0.160  -0.004   0.315  -0.076   0.130   0.102   0.214
    8     0.004   0.027   0.502   0.007   0.065   0.025   0.087
    9    -0.083  -0.037  -0.017  -0.002   0.615   0.115  -0.016
   10    -0.007  -0.020   0.281  -0.102  -0.115   0.275   0.111
   11    -0.052   0.090   0.006   0.076   0.046   0.405   0.062
   12    -0.064  -0.035   0.215   0.482  -0.007  -0.005   0.026
   13     0.244   0.084   0.004   0.305  -0.059  -0.048   0.054
   14     0.418  -0.082   0.007  -0.011  -0.103   0.038   0.044
   15     0.419   0.097  -0.031   0.132  -0.058   0.000   0.175
   16     0.291   0.008   0.298   0.010   0.080  -0.003  -0.026
   17     0.265  -0.081  -0.072   0.099   0.123   0.424  -0.104
   18     0.446   0.048   0.021  -0.095  -0.001   0.022  -0.022
   19     0.040   0.543   0.021  -0.082  -0.059   0.053  -0.041
   20    -0.064   0.012  -0.025   0.553  -0.050   0.265   0.020

Communality

  1       2       3       4       5       6       7
0.400   0.200   0.300   0.400   0.200   0.400   0.300

  8       9      10      11      12      13      14
0.300   0.400   0.200   0.200   0.300   0.200   0.200

  15      16      17      18      19      20
0.300   0.200   0.300   0.200   0.300   0.400