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Usage:
result <- ulscrit(logpsi, k, structure(r, nfact [, del])), REAL vector
logpsi, integer scalar k, integer nfact > 0, small REAL scalar del
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Keywords:
factor analysis
ulscrit() is used by facanal() with method:"uls" to compute the
unweighted least squares (ULS) criterion F_uls(x), x = log(psi) being
minimized, its gradient dF_uls(x)/dx and the current loadings and
eigenvalues.
result <- ulscrit(logpsi, k, structure(r, nfact [,del]) computes a
scalar, vector or structure, depending on the value of integer k.
r is a REAL symmetric covariance or correlation matrix, nfact > 0 is the
number of factors, and del >= 0 is a small REAL scalar (default is 1e-5)
controlling how the gradient is computed.
When del = 0 (value used by facanal()), the gradient is computed
analytically.
When del > 0, the gradient vector has elements gradient[i] = (F_uls(x) +
del*(run(p)==i)) - F_uls(x))/del.
The result computed is as follows:
k result
0 scalar F_uls(x), x = logpsi
1 vector gradient dF_uls(x)/dx
-2 structure(loadings, eigenvals)
When r is not positive definite, MISSING (k = 0) or rep(MISSING,
nrows(s)) (k = 1) is returned.
No argument checking is done.
See also facanal(), glscrit(), mlcrit().
Gary Oehlert
2003-01-15