计算 R 中的多向相关性时 (library(polycor)
, 功能hetcor
)我收到警告消息In log(P) : NaNs produced
。我无法弄清楚这个警告消息可能构成什么。我认为这与测试二元正态性的 p 值的计算有关。
因此我的问题是:
- 该数据集的哪些特征导致此警告?
- 这个警告是什么意思?
- 就使用多向相关矩阵进行进一步分析而言,此警告是否有问题?
数据子集:
foo <- structure(list(item1 = structure(c(4L, 4L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
2L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 1L,
2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 3L,
2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L,
2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L,
1L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L,
2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
2L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 3L,
1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L
), .Label = c("0", "1", "2", "3"), class = c("ordered", "factor"
)), item2 = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L,
1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 3L,
1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 1L,
3L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 1L,
2L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
2L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L,
2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L,
2L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 3L), .Label = c("0",
"1", "2", "3"), class = c("ordered", "factor")), item3 = structure(c(4L,
4L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 4L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 2L, 1L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L,
2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 3L,
1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 1L), .Label = c("0", "1", "2", "3"), class = c("ordered",
"factor")), item4 = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 1L,
1L, 3L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L,
2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L,
1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L,
1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L,
2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 4L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 4L, 1L, 2L, 3L), .Label = c("0",
"1", "2", "3"), class = c("ordered", "factor")), item5 = structure(c(4L,
4L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 1L,
3L, 3L, 3L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 3L, 4L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L,
2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 4L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
3L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 3L, 3L, 1L,
2L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 2L,
1L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 3L,
1L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 1L,
3L, 3L, 4L, 3L, 3L), .Label = c("0", "1", "2", "3"), class = c("ordered",
"factor"))), .Names = c("item1", "item2", "item3", "item4",
"item5"))
相关矩阵的计算:
hetcor(foo)
评论:真实数据集包含大约 2500 行(以及更多变量),但是在评估列联表时,稀疏矩阵似乎不是问题。