Date:         Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:26:10 -0500
Reply-To:     "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Subject:      Re: eigenvalues of reduced R
Comments: To: Dicon Montford <dicon@BIGFOOT.COM>

If it's positive definite, form it as data, take it into the MATRIX
command/language, and use EVAL or CALL EIGEN.
 
David Nichols
Principal Support Statistician and
Manager of Statistical Support
SPSS Inc.
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dicon Montford [SMTP:dicon@BIGFOOT.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 1:52 PM
> To:   SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      eigenvalues of reduced R
>
> Can anybody tell me the syntax I would need to use
> to compute eigenvalues from a reduced correlation
> matrix using SPSS?
>
> Thanks in advance, Dicon Montford