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Markiervariable

English translation: marker variable


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German term or phrase:Markiervariable
English translation:marker variable
Entered by: Roland Peiler
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12:58 Jul 30, 2010
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Science - Mathematics & Statistics / factor analysis
German term or phrase: Markiervariable
Is there an English term for "Markiervariable" in the context of principal component analysis? I can't seem to find it. The term is used here for variables with a high factor loading. Context like this:

"Drei davon mit einer Faktorladung von xyz sollen als so genannte Markiervariablen näher beschrieben werden"

Thank you!
Roland Peiler
Germany
Local time: 00:57
marker variable
Explanation:

lots of Google hits -

http://www.google.de/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=marke...
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Roland Nienerza
Germany
Local time: 00:57
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Big thanks to all answerers, you were all equally helpful!
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Summary of answers provided
5marker variable
Roland Nienerza
3marker variable
Cilian O'Tuama
2marker variables
Steffen Walter


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
marker variable


Explanation:

lots of Google hits -

http://www.google.de/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=marke...

Roland Nienerza
Germany
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Big thanks to all answerers, you were all equally helpful!
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
marker variable


Explanation:
what google is suggesting, e.g.:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a785...

Cilian O'Tuama
Local time: 00:57
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
marker variables


Explanation:
Statistik ist zwar nicht mein Fachgebiet, aber für "marker variables" gibt es in diesem Zusammenhang einige Belege:

http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/aphome/lec7ohp.doc
"Solutions with several high loading marker variables may be OK with smaller N" (S. 3)

http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article... (S. 25)

http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/articlerender.cgi?artid=49368
"According to Tabachnick and Fidell [21] sample sizes of 150 should be sufficient when solutions show several high loading marker variables (>.80)."

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Jul 30, 2010 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
FieldSocial Sciences => Science


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