scholarly journals One model to rule them all? Using machine learning algorithms to determine the number of factors in exploratory factor analysis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 776-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Goretzko ◽  
Markus Bühner
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Number Of Factors

scholarly journals One model to rule them all? Using machine learning algorithms to determine the number of factors in exploratory factor analysis.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Goretzko ◽  
Markus Bühner
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Gradient Boosting ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Correct Number ◽  
Number Of Factors

Determining the number of factors is one of the most crucial decisions a researcher has to face when conducting an exploratory factor analysis. As no common factor retention criterion can be seen as generally superior, a new approach is proposed - combining extensive data simulation with state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. First, data was simulated under a broad range of realistic conditions and three algorithms were trained using specially designed features based on the correlation matrices of the simulated data sets. Subsequently, the new approach was compared to four common factor retention criteria with regard to its accuracy in determining the correct number of factors in a large-scale simulation experiment. Sample size, variables per factor, correlations between factors, primary and cross-loadings as well as the correct number of factors were varied to gain comprehensive knowledge of the efficiency of our new method. A gradient boosting model outperformed all other criteria, so in a second step, we improved this model by tuning several hyperparameters of the algorithm and using common retention criteria as additional features. This model reached an out-of-sample accuracy of 99.3% (the pre-trained model can be obtained from https://osf.io/mvrau/). A great advantage of this approach is the possibility to continuously extend the data basis (e.g. using ordinal data) as well as the set of features to improve the predictive performance and to increase generalizability.

scholarly journals Performance Estimation of Machine Learning Algorithms in the Factor Analysis of COVID-19 Dataset

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 1921-1936
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Kumar Dubey ◽  
Sushil Narang ◽  
Abhishek Kumar ◽  
Satya Murthy Sasubilli ◽  
Vicente Garc韆-D韆z
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Performance Estimation

Forecasting US movies box office performances in Turkey using machine learning algorithms

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 6579-6590
Author(s):  
Sandy Çağlıyor ◽  
Başar Öztayşi ◽  
Selime Sezgin
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Forecast Model ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Gradient Boosting ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Industry Forecast ◽  
The Impact

The motion picture industry is one of the largest industries worldwide and has significant importance in the global economy. Considering the high stakes and high risks in the industry, forecast models and decision support systems are gaining importance. Several attempts have been made to estimate the theatrical performance of a movie before or at the early stages of its release. Nevertheless, these models are mostly used for predicting domestic performances and the industry still struggles to predict box office performances in overseas markets. In this study, the aim is to design a forecast model using different machine learning algorithms to estimate the theatrical success of US movies in Turkey. From various sources, a dataset of 1559 movies is constructed. Firstly, independent variables are grouped as pre-release, distributor type, and international distribution based on their characteristic. The number of attendances is discretized into three classes. Four popular machine learning algorithms, artificial neural networks, decision tree regression and gradient boosting tree and random forest are employed, and the impact of each group is observed by compared by the performance models. Then the number of target classes is increased into five and eight and results are compared with the previously developed models in the literature.

Intelligent system of English composition scoring model based on improved machine learning algorithm

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jie Liu ◽  
Lin Lin ◽  
Xiufang Liang
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
English Composition ◽  
Region Extraction ◽  
Constraint Model

The online English teaching system has certain requirements for the intelligent scoring system, and the most difficult stage of intelligent scoring in the English test is to score the English composition through the intelligent model. In order to improve the intelligence of English composition scoring, based on machine learning algorithms, this study combines intelligent image recognition technology to improve machine learning algorithms, and proposes an improved MSER-based character candidate region extraction algorithm and a convolutional neural network-based pseudo-character region filtering algorithm. In addition, in order to verify whether the algorithm model proposed in this paper meets the requirements of the group text, that is, to verify the feasibility of the algorithm, the performance of the model proposed in this study is analyzed through design experiments. Moreover, the basic conditions for composition scoring are input into the model as a constraint model. The research results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper has a certain practical effect, and it can be applied to the English assessment system and the online assessment system of the homework evaluation system algorithm system.

The Unlearnable Checkerboard Pattern

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-80
Author(s):  
Eric Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Checkerboard Pattern ◽  
Simple Task

Detecting some patterns is a simple task for humans, but nearly impossible for current machine learning algorithms.  Here, the "checkerboard" pattern is examined, where human prediction nears 100% and machine prediction drops significantly below 50%.

1290-P: Gut Microbiota in New-Onset Pediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify Microorganisms Disease-Linked

Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1290-P
Author(s):  
GIUSEPPE D’ANNUNZIO ◽  
ROBERTO BIASSONI ◽  
MARGHERITA SQUILLARIO ◽  
ELISABETTA UGOLOTTI ◽  
ANNALISA BARLA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
New Onset
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