Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:38:05 -0300
Reply-To:     hmaletta@overnet.com.ar
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Hector E. Maletta" <hmaletta@OVERNET.COM.AR>
Subject:      Re: Reliability analysis
Comments: To: glaser@pacific-science.com
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Dale Glaser wrote:
>
[snip]
> in the
> context of factor analysis or other correlational methods, a determinant of
> zero implies singularity, hence, variables approaching correlation of 0;
 
      Actually, I think it would indicate a correlation of 1, not zero:
with determinant=0, at least one variable is a nearly perfect linear
function of one or more other variables.
 
Hector Maletta
Universidad del Salvador
Buenos Aires, Argentina