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Seth Myers...
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 11:12 am
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Simple question...

If I have a set of variables and perform a PCA to create from them a few non-correlated variables, will the slope coefficients for these principal components (in a linear model) be the same no matter how (order,etc) they are entered into the model?

For instance, I would like it if after the following two functions were fit, B1 from the first and second function would be the same.

y = int + B1*PC1 + B2*PC2 + B3*PC3

y = int + B1*PC1

thanks,
seth
Ray Koopman...
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:24 pm
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On May 5, 2:12 pm, Seth Myers <sjmy... at (no spam) syr.edu> wrote:
Quote:
Simple question...

If I have a set of variables and perform a PCA to create from them
a few non-correlated variables, will the slope coefficients for
these principal components (in a linear model) be the same no matter
how (order,etc) they are entered into the model?

Yes, provided the model contains no non-PC predictors that are
correlated with the PCs.

Quote:

For instance, I would like it if after the following two functions were fit, B1 from the first and second function would be the same.

y = int + B1*PC1 + B2*PC2 + B3*PC3

y = int + B1*PC1

B1 should be the same in both models.

Quote:

thanks,
seth
 
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