This is fantastic.. I will definitely take a look at your paper..Thank you!
Just to be clear on the point you make re: dummy variables with the
same factor; I follow F&P example in including multiple dummies with similar
factor b/c in any case, each dummy is acting as a separate component in
the analysis and is only explaining away a percentage of the total remaining
variance, as I understand it. So there is no overlap between them in the
procedure. I am not using a method for common variance (to identify factors)
as you may (?) have indicated below.. Just thought I'd clarify...
Again, many thanks...
M.
>>> "Stas Kolenikov" <[email protected]> 7/24/2008 12:03 AM >>>
Oh, that Filmer and Pritchett stuff. Take a look at our working paper
-- http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/pdf/wp-04-85.pdf.
Typically the first component is the measure of wealth, while the next
one or two are the measures of structure of that wealth (e.g.
urban/rural difference, etc.). But in your case, you have dummy
variables produces from the same factor (floor material, wall
material, etc.), and they are negatively correlated. Rather than
picking the common variation due to underlying wealth, the PCA now has
to work on explaining those extra correlations.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Mona Mowafi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I'm new to the list and hope you will be able to help me with an analysis problem before me.
> I have conducted a principal components analysis to identify principal components for 67
> underlying indicators or household asset.
--
Stas Kolenikov, also found at http://stas.kolenikov.name
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