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Exploratory factor analysis with structured residuals for brain network data.

Erik-Jan van Kesteren¹, Rogier A Kievit²

¹Utrecht University, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Network Neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)

|March 10, 2021

Summary

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Ignoring brain symmetry in network analysis can lead to inaccurate results. A new method, Exploratory Factor Analysis with Structured Residuals (EFAST), incorporates prior structural knowledge for improved data interpretation.

Keywords:

Dimension reduction Exploratory Factor analysis Functional connectivity Structural covariance Structural equation model Symmetry

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Network Analysis
Statistical Modeling

Background:

Dimension reduction is crucial for analyzing complex network data, particularly in neuroscience.
Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is a common technique, but often overlooks known data structures like brain symmetry.
Ignoring such a priori information can negatively impact the accuracy and interpretability of analyses.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate the detrimental effects of ignoring a priori structure in factor analysis.
To introduce a novel technique, Exploratory Factor Analysis with Structured Residuals (EFAST), that incorporates structural information.
To validate EFAST's effectiveness using large-scale brain-imaging network datasets.

Main Methods:

Developing the EFAST technique to integrate structural constraints into the factor analysis framework.
Utilizing structured residuals to account for known relationships within the data.
Applying EFAST to three diverse brain-imaging network datasets.

Main Results:

EFAST demonstrated a superior model fit compared to standard EFA across all datasets.
The factors derived using EFAST showed enhanced interpretability, reflecting underlying brain structure.
The adverse consequences of ignoring symmetry in factor analysis were clearly illustrated.

Conclusions:

Incorporating a priori structural knowledge, such as brain symmetry, significantly improves factor analysis.
EFAST offers a robust method for dimension reduction in network analysis, particularly for neuroimaging data.
An R package is available to facilitate the application of EFAST by researchers.