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Variable selection and interpretation of covariance principal components. (English) Zbl 1008.62613

Summary: In practice, when a principal component analysis is applied on a large number of variables the resultant principal components may not be easy to interpret, as each principal component is a linear combination of all the original variables. Selection of a subset of variables that contains, in some sense, as much information as possible and enhances the interpretations of the first few covariance principal components is one possible approach to tackle this problem. This paper describes several variable selection criteria and investigates which criteria are best for this purpose. Although some criteria are shown to be better than others, the main message of this study is that it is unwise to rely on only one or two criteria. It is also clear that the interdependence between variables and the choice of how to measure closeness between the original components and those using subsets of variables are both important in determining the best criteria to use.

MSC:

62H25 Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis
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