On 24-Jul-08 15:30:57, Christoph Scherber wrote: > Dear all, > I am fitting a multivariate linear model with 7 response variables and > 1 explanatory variable. > > The following matrix P: > > P <- cbind( > c(1,-1,0,0,0,0,0), > c(2,2,2,2,2,-5,-5), > c(1,0,0,-1,0,0,0), > c(-2,-2,0,-2,2,2,2), > c(-2,1,0,1,0,0,0), > c(0,-1,0,1,0,0,0)) > > should consist of orthogonal elements (as can be shown using %*% > on the individual columns). > However, when I use > > linhyp=linear.hypothesis(model, "explanatory.variable", P=P) > > I get an error saying > > Error in linear.hypothesis.mlm(mult1, "logdiv", P = P) : > The error SSP matrix is apparently of deficient rank = 4 < 6 > > Which I interpret as there are too many non-zero rows in the matrix, P. > > Is that correct? And how can I assess if the matrix is orthogonal > (given that it is non-symmetrical, > hence det(P) and other matrix operations won?t work)
The matrix has rank 4 (not 6 as I suppose you intended): svd(P)$d # [1] 9.123340e+00 3.280954e+00 3.000000e+00 1.732051e+00 # [5] 2.754966e-16 1.315742e-16 The last two eigenvalues are effectively 0. Also, as I see it the columns of P are not all orthognal to each other by pairs: for(i in (1:5)){for(j in ((i+1):6)) print(c(i,j,sum(P[,i]*P[,j])))} # [1] 1 2 0 # [1] 1 3 1 # [1] 1 4 0 # [1] 1 5 -3 # [1] 1 6 1 # [1] 2 3 0 # [1] 2 4 -28 # [1] 2 5 0 # [1] 2 6 0 # [1] 3 4 0 # [1] 3 5 -3 # [1] 3 6 -1 # [1] 4 5 0 # [1] 4 6 0 # [1] 5 6 0 Am I using the right P? P # [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] # [1,] 1 2 1 -2 -2 0 # [2,] -1 2 0 -2 1 -1 # [3,] 0 2 0 0 0 0 # [4,] 0 2 -1 -2 1 1 # [5,] 0 2 0 2 0 0 # [6,] 0 -5 0 2 0 0 # [7,] 0 -5 0 2 0 0 > Many thanks for your help! > > Best wishes > Christoph. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 24-Jul-08 Time: 17:16:41 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.