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A Note on Multiple and Canonical Correlation for a Singular Covariance Matrix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

C. G. Khatri*
Affiliation:
Gujarat University
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to C. G. Khatri, Department of Statistics, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad-380009, India.

Abstract

A weaker generalized inverse (Rao's g-inverse; Graybill's c-inverse) can be used in place of the Moore-Penrose generalized inverse to obtain multiple and canonical correlations from singular covariance matrices.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1976 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

The author expresses his gratitude to a referee for his suggestions.

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