totalCor {EGAnet} | R Documentation |
Total Correlation
Description
Computes the total correlation of a dataset
Usage
totalCor(data)
Arguments
data |
Matrix or data frame. Should consist only of variables to be used in the analysis |
Value
Returns a list containing:
Ind.Entropies |
Individual entropies for each variable |
Joint.Entropy |
The joint entropy of the dataset |
Total.Cor |
The total correlation of the dataset |
Author(s)
Hudson F. Golino <hfg9s at virginia.edu>
References
Formalization of total correlation
Watanabe, S. (1960).
Information theoretical analysis of multivariate correlation.
IBM Journal of Research and Development 4, 66-82.
Applied implementation
Felix, L. M., Mansur-Alves, M., Teles, M., Jamison, L., & Golino, H. (2021).
Longitudinal impact and effects of booster sessions in a cognitive training program for healthy older adults.
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 94, 104337.
Examples
# Compute total correlation
totalCor(wmt2[,7:24])
[Package EGAnet version 2.0.6 Index]