Hi folks I'm need to explore more the correlation matrix R(ij)given by ifeffit since my fit several variables are ajusted (the number is far bellow the number of independent data points). In my MACRO, the command correl (@all, @all, print) permit to obtain the correlation matrix. So I have some questions about the calculation of correlations (rij): 1) Is the correlations(rij) calculated in ifeffit the sample linear correlation which measures the linear dependence between two vectos (in this sense, I'm thinking the term vector as a nx1 matrix in which n corresponds to the sample size - perhaps the number of fit iteractions)? If so, can I use a conventional hypothesis test like t (t = rij*sqrt[(n-1)/(1-rij**rij)] and how many degress of fredon can I consider to fint the t score on the table of t student distribution? 2) As I need to explore more the correlation matriz I would like to know if someone uses principal component analysis on Rij or some other chemometric approach. Thank you very much Renato Canha Ambrosio -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: ifeffit-request@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov To: ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov Sent: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:00:17 -0600 Subject: Ifeffit Digest, Vol 37, Issue 6
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1. GeO2 (Santiago J.A. Figueroa)
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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:06:45 -0300 From: "Santiago J.A. Figueroa"
Subject: [Ifeffit] GeO2 To: Message-ID: <004701c64d23$00f973a0$8c01010a@NEVERMIND> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all,
Anyone out there have spectra for a GeO2 standard?
Thanks!
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Hi Renato,
On 3/23/06, Renato Canha Ambrosio
Hi folks
I'm need to explore more the correlation matrix R(ij)given by ifeffit since my fit several variables are ajusted (the number is far bellow the number of independent data points). In my MACRO, the command correl (@all, @all, print) permit to obtain the correlation matrix. So I have some questions about the calculation of correlations (rij): 1) Is the correlations(rij) calculated in ifeffit the sample linear correlation which measures the linear dependence between two vectos (in this sense, I'm thinking the term vector as a nx1 matrix in which n corresponds to the sample size - perhaps the number of fit iteractions)? If so, can I use a conventional hypothesis test like t (t = rij*sqrt[(n-1)/(1-rij**rij)] and how many degress of fredon can I consider to fint the t score on the table of t student distribution?
Not exactly.... The correlation matrix here is the inverse of the covariance matrix from the least-squares fit. That's not quite the same as measuring the correlation between two statistically sampled variables that might have some relation (for example, a person's height and their weight). The correlations reported tell you how one variable (say, N) would respond if another variable (say, R) were moved from it's best-fit (minimal chi-square) value. I think it doesn't make a lot of sense to try to apply t-tests to these numbers, but I might be thinking about the issues too simplistically.
2) As I need to explore more the correlation matriz I would like to know if someone uses principal component analysis on Rij or some other chemometric approach.
I think this is a different meaning of correlation. We're not saying that all pairs of values for the variables (N,R) are equally valid -- one pair (or rather, a finite range of values) give a better match to the observed data. The correlations here (along with the reported uncertainties) tell us about the shape and extent of that finite range of values. If I'm not understanding your questions, please let me know, --Matt
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