Applying the bootstrap to the multivariate case: bootstrap component/factor analysis
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Basics of Multivariate Analysis in Neuroimaging Data
Published on: July 24, 2010
Linda Reichwein Zientek1, Bruce Thompson
1Department of Mathematics, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas 77341, USA. lrzientek@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The bootstrap method, which empirically estimates the sampling distribution for either inferential or descriptive statistical purposes, can be applied to the multivariate case. When conducting bootstrap component, or factor, analysis, resampling results must be located in a common factor space before summary statistics for each estimated parameter can be computed. The present article describes a strategy for applying the bootstrap method to conduct either a bootstrap component or a factor analysis with a program syntax for SPSS. The Holzinger-Swineford data set is employed to make the discussion more concrete.
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