International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology DOI :10.1080/0020739910220410
Abstract factor analysis of spectroscopic data-another statistical fallacy
Rainer BAUSCH, Abdelaziz ABBAS
Welding and NDT Research Center (CSC), BP 64, Cheraga, Algeria
Abstract:
It is shown that statistical arguments which have been used in published work to correct absorption spectra for medium effects are mathematically unsound and chemically misleading.
Understanding this misconception, however, is helpful tomake clear the limits of abstract factor analysis in chemistry.
Keywords:absorption spectra, abstract factor analysis