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### 50.3 Functions and Variables for descriptive statistics

Function: mean
`mean` (list)
`mean` (matrix) ¶

  This is the sample mean, defined as

                             n
                           ====
                   _   1   \
                   x = -    >    x
                       n   /      i
                           ====
                           i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) mean (s1);
                                     471
      (%o3)                          ---
                                     100

      (%i4) %, numer;
      (%o4)                         4.71

      (%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i6) mean (s2);
      (%o6)     [9.9485, 10.1607, 10.8685, 15.7166, 14.8441]

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: var
`var` (list)
`var` (matrix) ¶

  This is the sample variance, defined as

                           n
                         ====
                 2   1   \          _ 2
                s  = -    >    (x - x)
                     n   /       i
                         ====
                         i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) var (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                   8.425899999999999

  See also function `var1`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: var1
`var1` (list)
`var1` (matrix) ¶

  This is the sample variance, defined as

                           n
                         ====
                     1   \          _ 2
                    ---   >    (x - x)
                    n-1  /       i
                         ====
                         i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) var1 (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                    8.5110101010101

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) var1 (s2);
      (%o5) [17.39586540404041, 15.13912778787879, 15.63204924242424,
                                  32.50152569696971, 24.66977392929294]

  See also function `var`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: std
`std` (list)
`std` (matrix) ¶

  This is the square root of the function `var`, the variance with denominator \(n\).

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) std (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                   2.902740084816414

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) std (s2);
      (%o5) [4.149928523480858, 3.871399812729241, 3.933920277534866,
                                  5.672434260526957, 4.941970881136392]

  See also functions `var` and `std1`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: std1
`std1` (list)
`std1` (matrix) ¶

  This is the square root of the function `var1`, the variance with denominator \(n-1\).

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) std1 (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                   2.917363553109228

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) std1 (s2);
      (%o5) [4.170835096721089, 3.89090320978032, 3.953738641137555,
                                  5.701010936401517, 4.966867617451963]

  See also functions `var1` and `std`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: noncentral_moment
`noncentral_moment` (list, k)
`noncentral_moment` (matrix, k) ¶

  The non central moment of order \(k\), defined as

                             n
                           ====
                       1   \      k
                       -    >    x
                       n   /      i
                           ====
                           i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) noncentral_moment (s1, 1), numer; /* the mean */
      (%o3)                         4.71

      (%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i6) noncentral_moment (s2, 5);
      (%o6) [319793.8724761505, 320532.1923892463,
            391249.5621381556, 2502278.205988911, 1691881.797742255]

  See also function `central_moment`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: central_moment
`central_moment` (list, k)
`central_moment` (matrix, k) ¶

  The central moment of order \(k\), defined as

                          n
                        ====
                    1   \          _ k
                    -    >    (x - x)
                    n   /       i
                        ====
                        i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) central_moment (s1, 2), numer; /* the variance */
      (%o3)                   8.425899999999999

      (%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i6) central_moment (s2, 3);
      (%o6) [11.29584771375004, 16.97988248298583, 5.626661952750102,
                                   37.5986572057918, 25.85981904394192]

  See also functions `central_moment` and `mean`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: cv
`cv` (list)
`cv` (matrix) ¶

  The variation coefficient is the quotient between the sample standard deviation (`std`) and the `mean`,

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) cv (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                   .6193977819764815

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) cv (s2);
      (%o5) [.4192426091090204, .3829365309260502, 0.363779605385983,
                                  .3627381836021478, .3346021393989506]

  See also functions `std` and `mean`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: smin
`smin` (list)
`smin` (matrix) ¶

  This is the minimum value of the sample list. When the argument is a matrix, `smin` returns a list containing the minimum values of the columns, which are associated to statistical variables.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) smin (s1);
      (%o3)                           0

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) smin (s2);
      (%o5)             [0.58, 0.5, 2.67, 5.25, 5.17]

  See also function `smax`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: smax
`smax` (list)
`smax` (matrix) ¶

  This is the maximum value of the sample list. When the argument is a matrix, `smax` returns a list containing the maximum values of the columns, which are associated to statistical variables.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) smax (s1);
      (%o3)                           9

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) smax (s2);
      (%o5)          [20.25, 21.46, 20.04, 29.63, 27.63]

  See also function `smin`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: range
`range` (list)
`range` (matrix) ¶

  The range is the difference between the extreme values.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) range (s1);
      (%o3)                           9

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) range (s2);
      (%o5)          [19.67, 20.96, 17.37, 24.38, 22.46]

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: quantile
`quantile` (list, p)
`quantile` (matrix, p) ¶

  This is the p-quantile, with p a number in \([0, 1]\), of the sample list. Although there are several definitions for the sample quantile (Hyndman, R. J., Fan, Y. (1996) Sample quantiles in statistical packages. American Statistician, 50, 361-365), the one based on linear interpolation is implemented in package descriptive

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) /* 1st and 3rd quartiles */
               [quantile (s1, 1/4), quantile (s1, 3/4)], numer;
      (%o3)                      [2.0, 7.25]

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) quantile (s2, 1/4);
      (%o5)    [7.2575, 7.477500000000001, 7.82, 11.28, 11.48]

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: median
`median` (list)
`median` (matrix) ¶

  Once the sample is ordered, if the sample size is odd the median is the central value, otherwise it is the mean of the two central values.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) median (s1);
                                      9
      (%o3)                           -
                                      2

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) median (s2);
      (%o5)         [10.06, 9.855, 10.73, 15.48, 14.105]

  The median is the 1/2-quantile.

  See also function `quantile`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: qrange
`qrange` (list)
`qrange` (matrix) ¶

  The interquartilic range is the difference between the third and first quartiles, `quantile(list,3/4) - quantile(list,1/4)`,

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) qrange (s1);
                                     21
      (%o3)                          --
                                     4

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) qrange (s2);
      (%o5) [5.385, 5.572499999999998, 6.022500000000001,
                                  8.729999999999999, 6.649999999999999]

  See also function `quantile`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: mean_deviation
`mean_deviation` (list)
`mean_deviation` (matrix) ¶

  The mean deviation, defined as

                           n
                         ====
                     1   \          _
                     -    >    |x - x|
                     n   /       i
                         ====
                         i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) mean_deviation (s1);
                                     51
      (%o3)                          --
                                     20

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) mean_deviation (s2);
      (%o5) [3.287959999999999, 3.075342, 3.23907, 4.715664000000001,
                                                     4.028546000000002]

  See also function `mean`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: median_deviation
`median_deviation` (list)
`median_deviation` (matrix) ¶

  The median deviation, defined as

                       n
                     ====
                 1   \
                 -    >    |x - med|
                 n   /       i
                     ====
                     i = 1

  where `med` is the median of list.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) median_deviation (s1);
                                      5
      (%o3)                           -
                                      2

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) median_deviation (s2);
      (%o5)           [2.75, 2.755, 3.08, 4.315, 3.31]

  See also function `mean`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: harmonic_mean
`harmonic_mean` (list)
`harmonic_mean` (matrix) ¶

  The harmonic mean, defined as

                        n
                     --------
                      n
                     ====
                     \     1
                      >    --
                     /     x
                     ====   i
                     i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) y : [5, 7, 2, 5, 9, 5, 6, 4, 9, 2, 4, 2, 5]$

      (%i3) harmonic_mean (y), numer;
      (%o3)                   3.901858027632205

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) harmonic_mean (s2);
      (%o5) [6.948015590052786, 7.391967752360356, 9.055658197151745,
                                  13.44199028193692, 13.01439145898509]

  See also functions `mean` and `geometric_mean`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: geometric_mean
`geometric_mean` (list)
`geometric_mean` (matrix) ¶

  The geometric mean, defined as

                       /  n      \ 1/n
                       | /===\   |
                       |  ! !    |
                       |  ! !  x |
                       |  ! !   i|
                       | i = 1   |
                       \         /

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) y : [5, 7, 2, 5, 9, 5, 6, 4, 9, 2, 4, 2, 5]$

      (%i3) geometric_mean (y), numer;
      (%o3)                   4.454845412337012

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) geometric_mean (s2);
      (%o5) [8.82476274347979, 9.22652604739361, 10.0442675714889,
                                  14.61274126349021, 13.96184163444275]

  See also functions `mean` and `harmonic_mean`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: kurtosis
`kurtosis` (list)
`kurtosis` (matrix) ¶

  The kurtosis coefficient, defined as

                          n
                        ====
                  1     \          _ 4
                 ----    >    (x - x)  - 3
                    4   /       i
                 n s    ====
                        i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) kurtosis (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                  - 1.273247946514421

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) kurtosis (s2);
      (%o5) [- .2715445622195385, 0.119998784429451,
           - .4275233490482861, - .6405361979019522, - .4952382132352935]

  See also functions `mean`, `var` and `skewness`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: skewness
`skewness` (list)
`skewness` (matrix) ¶

  The skewness coefficient, defined as

                          n
                        ====
                  1     \          _ 3
                 ----    >    (x - x)
                    3   /       i
                 n s    ====
                        i = 1

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) skewness (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                  .009196180476450424

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) skewness (s2);
      (%o5) [.1580509020000978, .2926379232061854, .09242174416107717,
                                  .2059984348148687, .2142520248890831]

  See also functions `mean`,, `var` and `kurtosis`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: pearson_skewness
`pearson_skewness` (list)
`pearson_skewness` (matrix) ¶

  Pearson’s skewness coefficient, defined as

                      _
                   3 (x - med)
                   -----------
                        s

  where med is the median of list.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) pearson_skewness (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                   .2159484029093895

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) pearson_skewness (s2);
      (%o5) [- .08019976629211892, .2357036272952649,
               .1050904062491204, .1245042340592368, .4464181795804519]

  See also functions `mean`, `var` and `median`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: quartile_skewness
`quartile_skewness` (list)
`quartile_skewness` (matrix) ¶

  The quartile skewness coefficient, defined as

                     c    - 2 c    + c
                      3/4      1/2    1/4
                     --------------------
                         c    - c
                          3/4    1/4

  where \(c_p\) is the p-quantile of sample list.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$

      (%i3) quartile_skewness (s1), numer;
      (%o3)                  .04761904761904762

      (%i4) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i5) quartile_skewness (s2);
      (%o5) [- 0.0408542246982353, .1467025572005382,
             0.0336239103362392, .03780068728522298, .2105263157894735]

  See also function `quantile`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: km
`km` (list, option ...)
`km` (matrix, option ...) ¶

  Kaplan Meier estimator of the survival, or reliability, function \(S(x)=1-F(x)\).

  Data can be introduced as a list of pairs, or as a two column matrix. The first component is the observed time, and the second component a censoring index (1 = non censored, 0 = right censored).

  The optional argument is the name of the variable in the returned expression, which is x by default.

  Examples:

  Sample as a list of pairs.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$

      (%i2) S: km([[2,1], [3,1], [5,0], [8,1]]);
                             charfun((3 <= x) and (x < 8))
      (%o2) charfun(x < 0) + -----------------------------
                                           2
                      3 charfun((2 <= x) and (x < 3))
                    + -------------------------------
                                     4
                    + charfun((0 <= x) and (x < 2))

      (%i3) load ("draw")$

      (%i4) draw2d(
              line_width = 3, grid = true,
              explicit(S, x, -0.1, 10))$

  Estimate survival probabilities.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) S(t):= ''(km([[2,1], [3,1], [5,0], [8,1]], t)) $

      (%i3) S(6);
                                  1
      (%o3)                       -
                                  2

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: cdf_empirical
`cdf_empirical` (list, option ...)
`cdf_empirical` (matrix, option ...) ¶

  Empirical distribution function \(F(x)\).

  Data can be introduced as a list of numbers, or as an one column matrix.

  The optional argument is the name of the variable in the returned expression, which is x by default.

  Example:

  Empirical distribution function.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$

      (%i2) F(x):= ''(cdf_empirical([1,3,3,5,7,7,7,8,9]));
      (%o2) F(x) := (charfun(x >= 9) + charfun(x >= 8)
                     + 3 charfun(x >= 7) + charfun(x >= 5)
                     + 2 charfun(x >= 3) + charfun(x >= 1))/9

      (%i3) F(6);
                                 4
      (%o3)                      -
                                 9

      (%i4) load("draw")$
      (%i5) draw2d(
              line_width = 3,
              grid       = true,
              explicit(F(z), z, -2, 12)) $

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: cov (matrix) ¶

  The covariance matrix of the multivariate sample, defined as

                    n
                   ====
                1  \           _        _
            S = -   >    (X  - X) (X  - X)'
                n  /       j        j
                   ====
                   j = 1

  where \(X_j\) is the \(j\)-th row of the sample matrix.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
      (%i3) fpprintprec : 7$  /* change precision for pretty output */

      (%i4) cov (s2);
            [ 17.22191  13.61811  14.37217  19.39624  15.42162 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ 13.61811  14.98774  13.30448  15.15834  14.9711  ]
            [                                                  ]
      (%o4) [ 14.37217  13.30448  15.47573  17.32544  16.18171 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ 19.39624  15.15834  17.32544  32.17651  20.44685 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ 15.42162  14.9711   16.18171  20.44685  24.42308 ]

  See also function `cov1`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: cov1 (matrix) ¶

  The covariance matrix of the multivariate sample, defined as

                    n
                   ====
               1   \           _        _
         S  = ---   >    (X  - X) (X  - X)'
          1   n-1  /       j        j
                   ====
                   j = 1

  where \(X_j\) is the \(j\)-th row of the sample matrix.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
      (%i3) fpprintprec : 7$ /* change precision for pretty output */

      (%i4) cov1 (s2);
            [ 17.39587  13.75567  14.51734  19.59216  15.5774  ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ 13.75567  15.13913  13.43887  15.31145  15.12232 ]
            [                                                  ]
      (%o4) [ 14.51734  13.43887  15.63205  17.50044  16.34516 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ 19.59216  15.31145  17.50044  32.50153  20.65338 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ 15.5774   15.12232  16.34516  20.65338  24.66977 ]

  See also function `cov`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: global_variances
`global_variances` (matrix)
`global_variances` (matrix, options ...) ¶

  Function `global_variances` returns a list of global variance measures:

  - total variance: `trace(S_1)`,
  - mean variance: `trace(S_1)/p`,
  - generalized variance: `determinant(S_1)`,
  - generalized standard deviation: `sqrt(determinant(S_1))`,
  - effective variance `determinant(S_1)^(1/p)`, (defined in: Peña, D. (2002) Análisis de datos multivariantes; McGraw-Hill, Madrid.)
  - effective standard deviation: `determinant(S_1)^(1/(2*p))`.

  where p is the dimension of the multivariate random variable and \(S_1\) the covariance matrix returned by `cov1`.

  Option:

  - `'data`, default `'true`, indicates whether the input matrix contains the sample data, in which case the covariance matrix `cov1` must be calculated, or not, and then the covariance matrix (symmetric) must be given, instead of the data.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i3) global_variances (s2);
      (%o3) [105.338342060606, 21.06766841212119, 12874.34690469686,
               113.4651792608501, 6.636590811800795, 2.576158149609762]

  Calculate the `global_variances` from the covariance matrix.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
      (%i3) s : cov1 (s2)$

      (%i4) global_variances (s, data=false);
      (%o4) [105.338342060606, 21.06766841212119, 12874.34690469686,
               113.4651792608501, 6.636590811800795, 2.576158149609762]

  See also `cov` and `cov1`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: cor
`cor` (matrix)
`cor` (matrix, logical_value) ¶

  The correlation matrix of the multivariate sample.

  Option:

  - `'data`, default `'true`, indicates whether the input matrix contains the sample data, in which case the covariance matrix `cov1` must be calculated, or not, and then the covariance matrix (symmetric) must be given, instead of the data.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) fpprintprec : 7 $
      (%i3) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$

      (%i4) cor (s2);
            [   1.0     .8476339  .8803515  .8239624  .7519506 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ .8476339    1.0     .8735834  .6902622  0.782502 ]
            [                                                  ]
      (%o4) [ .8803515  .8735834    1.0     .7764065  .8323358 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ .8239624  .6902622  .7764065    1.0     .7293848 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ .7519506  0.782502  .8323358  .7293848    1.0    ]

  Calculate de correlation matrix from the covariance matrix.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) fpprintprec : 7 $
      (%i3) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
      (%i4) s : cov1 (s2)$

      (%i5) cor (s, data=false); /* this is faster */
            [   1.0     .8476339  .8803515  .8239624  .7519506 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ .8476339    1.0     .8735834  .6902622  0.782502 ]
            [                                                  ]
      (%o5) [ .8803515  .8735834    1.0     .7764065  .8323358 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ .8239624  .6902622  .7764065    1.0     .7293848 ]
            [                                                  ]
            [ .7519506  0.782502  .8323358  .7293848    1.0    ]

  See also `cov` and `cov1`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: list_correlations
`list_correlations` (matrix)
`list_correlations` (matrix, options ...) ¶

  Function `list_correlations` returns a list of correlation measures:

  - precision matrix: the inverse of the covariance matrix \(S_1\),

               -1     ij
              S   = (s  )
               1         i,j = 1,2,...,p

  - multiple correlation vector: \((R_1^2, R_2^2, ..., R_p^2)\), with

               2          1
              R  = 1 - -------
               i        ii
                       s   s
                            ii

    being an indicator of the goodness of fit of the linear multivariate regression model on \(X_i\) when the rest of variables are used as regressors.

  - partial correlation matrix: with element \((i, j)\) being

                                 ij
                                s
              r        = - ------------
               ij.rest     / ii  jj\ 1/2
                           |s   s  |
                           \       /

  Option:

  - `'data`, default `'true`, indicates whether the input matrix contains the sample data, in which case the covariance matrix `cov1` must be calculated, or not, and then the covariance matrix (symmetric) must be given, instead of the data.

  Example:

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
      (%i3) z : list_correlations (s2)$
      (%i4) fpprintprec : 5$ /* for pretty output */

      (%i5) z[1];  /* precision matrix */
            [  .38486   - .13856   - .15626   - .10239    .031179  ]
            [                                                      ]
            [ - .13856   .34107    - .15233    .038447   - .052842 ]
            [                                                      ]
      (%o5) [ - .15626  - .15233    .47296    - .024816  - .10054  ]
            [                                                      ]
            [ - .10239   .038447   - .024816   .10937    - .034033 ]
            [                                                      ]
            [ .031179   - .052842  - .10054   - .034033   .14834   ]

      (%i6) z[2];  /* multiple correlation vector */
      (%o6)      [.85063, .80634, .86474, .71867, .72675]

      (%i7) z[3];  /* partial correlation matrix */
            [  - 1.0     .38244   .36627   .49908   - .13049 ]
            [                                                ]
            [  .38244    - 1.0    .37927  - .19907   .23492  ]
            [                                                ]
      (%o7) [  .36627    .37927   - 1.0    .10911    .37956  ]
            [                                                ]
            [  .49908   - .19907  .10911   - 1.0     .26719  ]
            [                                                ]
            [ - .13049   .23492   .37956   .26719    - 1.0   ]

  See also `cov` and `cov1`.

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

Function: principal_components
`principal_components` (matrix)
`principal_components` (matrix, options ...) ¶

  Calculates the principal components of a multivariate sample. Principal components are used in multivariate statistical analysis to reduce the dimensionality of the sample.

  Option:

  - `'data`, default `'true`, indicates whether the input matrix contains the sample data, in which case the covariance matrix `cov1` must be calculated, or not, and then the covariance matrix (symmetric) must be given, instead of the data.

  The output of function `principal_components` is a list with the following results:

  - variances of the principal components,
  - percentage of total variance explained by each principal component,
  - rotation matrix.

  Examples:

  In this sample, the first component explains 83.13 per cent of total variance.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
      (%i3) fpprintprec:4 $
      (%i4) res: principal_components(s2);
      0 errors, 0 warnings
      (%o4) [[87.57, 8.753, 5.515, 1.889, 1.613],
      [83.13, 8.31, 5.235, 1.793, 1.531],

      [ .4149  .03379   - .4757  - 0.581   - .5126 ]
      [                                            ]
      [ 0.369  - .3657  - .4298   .7237    - .1469 ]
      [                                            ]
      [ .3959  - .2178  - .2181  - .2749    .8201  ]]
      [                                            ]
      [ .5548   .7744    .1857    .2319    .06498  ]
      [                                            ]
      [ .4765  - .4669   0.712   - .09605  - .1969 ]

      (%i5) /* accumulated percentages  */
          block([ap: copy(res[2])],
            for k:2 thru length(ap) do ap[k]: ap[k]+ap[k-1],
            ap);
      (%o5)                 [83.13, 91.44, 96.68, 98.47, 100.0]
      (%i6) /* sample dimension */
            p: length(first(res));
      (%o6)                                  5
      (%i7) /* plot percentages to select number of
               principal components for further work */
           draw2d(
              fill_density = 0.2,
              apply(bars, makelist([k, res[2][k], 1/2], k, p)),
              points_joined = true,
              point_type    = filled_circle,
              point_size    = 3,
              points(makelist([k, res[2][k]], k, p)),
              xlabel = "Variances",
              ylabel = "Percentages",
              xtics  = setify(makelist([concat("PC",k),k], k, p))) $

  In case de covariance matrix is known, it can be passed to the function, but option `data=false` must be used.

      (%i1) load ("descriptive")$
      (%i2) S: matrix([1,-2,0],[-2,5,0],[0,0,2]);
                                      [  1   - 2  0 ]
                                      [             ]
      (%o2)                           [ - 2   5   0 ]
                                      [             ]
                                      [  0    0   2 ]
      (%i3) fpprintprec:4 $
      (%i4) /* the argument is a covariance matrix */
            res: principal_components(S, data=false);
      0 errors, 0 warnings
                                                        [ - .3827  0.0  .9239 ]
                                                        [                     ]
      (%o4) [[5.828, 2.0, .1716], [72.86, 25.0, 2.145], [  .9239   0.0  .3827 ]]
                                                        [                     ]
                                                        [   0.0    1.0   0.0  ]
      (%i5) /* transformation to get the principal components
               from original records */
            matrix([a1,b2,c3],[a2,b2,c2]).last(res);
                   [ .9239 b2 - .3827 a1  1.0 c3  .3827 b2 + .9239 a1 ]
      (%o5)        [                                                  ]
                   [ .9239 b2 - .3827 a2  1.0 c2  .3827 b2 + .9239 a2 ]

  Categories: Package descriptive ·

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