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Factor Analysis and Inference for Structured Covariance Matrices. Shyh-Kang Jeng Department of Electrical Engineering/ Graduate Institute of Communication/ Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia. History. Early 20 th -century attempt to define and measure intelligence
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Factor Analysis and Inference for Structured Covariance Matrices Shyh-Kang Jeng Department of Electrical Engineering/ Graduate Institute of Communication/ Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia
History • Early 20th-century attempt to define and measure intelligence • Developed primarily by scientists interested in psychometrics • Advent of computers generated a renewed interest • Each application must be examined on its own merits
Essence of Factor Analysis • Describe the covariance among many variables in terms of a few underlying, but unobservable, random factors. • A group of variables highly correlated among themselves, but having relatively small correlations with variables in different groups represent a single underlying factor
Example 9.4Stock Price Data • Weekly rates of return for five stocks • X1: Allied Chemical • X2: du Pont • X3: Union Carbide • X4: Exxon • X5: Texaco