An heuristic scree plot criterion for the number of factors
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DOI: 10.1007/s00362-023-01517-x
Abstract: Cattel’s (Multivar Behav Res 1:245–276, 1966) heuristic determines the number of factors as the elbow point between ‘steep’ and ‘not steep’ in the scree plot. In contrast, an elbow is by definition absent in points… read more here.
Keywords: criterion; scree plot; heuristic scree; number factors ... See more keywords
Food or nutrient pattern assessment using the principal component analysis applied to food questionnaires. Pitfalls, tips and tricks
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DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2019.1566445
Abstract: Abstract We considered the Blom’s transformation, a statistical method aimed to normalise and standardise food intakes before principal component analysis. A simulation study was performed to evaluate the eigenvalue distribution of a correlation matrix under… read more here.
Keywords: food patterns; principal component; analysis; scree plot ... See more keywords