Determination of rank by median absolute deviation (DRMAD): A simple method for determining the number of principal factors responsible for a data matrix

Journal of Chemometrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Malinowskia, Edmund R ^a,b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Factor analysis; Multivariate analysis; Principal component analysis; Rank anlalysis; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; DATA HANDLING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DATA MATRIX; FACTORS ANALYSIS; MEDIAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANK ANLALYSE; SIMPLE METHOD; SIMPLE++; STANDARD DEVIATION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 58549105729     PISSN: 08869383     EISSN: 1099128X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cem.1182     Document Type: Article

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