The nutrient pattern approach is complementary to analyses using individual nutrients, which are limited by biologic interactions and
colinearity among nutrients.
* Concentricity--departure from
colinearity of axes of two features in a PCB, for example, with a bonded heat sink.
Two well-known problems facing the epidemiologic analysis of mixtures are confounding by coexposures and
colinearity (Braun et al.
Generally good
colinearity (r > 0.5) was present between the majority of the variables.
Correlation analyses revealed a significant positive association between SE and SFCT in the whole population (r = 0.270, P = 0.003), but the predictor was not significant in the final multiple regression model due to the
colinearity between axial length and refractive error.
Although we obtain the above linear form, [x.sup.t.sub.i,j] - [([x.sup.t.sub.i,j]).sup.2], -[x.sup.t.sub.i,j][y.sup.t.sub.i,j], and [[nabla].sup.2][x.sup.t.sub.i,j] (or [y.sup.t.sub.i,j] - [([y.sup.t.sub.i,j]).sup.2], - [x.sup.t.sub.i,j][y.sup.t.sub.i,j], and [[nabla].sup.2][y.sup.t.sub.i,j]) will possess serious
colinearity, which will result in the fact that many traditional parameter identification methods, proposed in the past, just like least squaremethod, maximum likelihood method, etc., are not effective.
Because a high correlation was noted between duck and chicken densities at the county level, and to reduce
colinearity and to facilitate the interpretation of the results, we combined these variables to give a poultry density layer (chickens + ducks/[km.sup.2]) and the chicken-to-duck ratio (chicken density/duck density).
When the presence of linearity or
colinearity are detected, stratified data are displayed, adjusted for the main possible confounders.
Age and sex life expectancy had significant
colinearity (Spearman's index 0.794).
The multicollinearity analysis revealed that the evaluated correlations presented a number of variance inflation factors (VIF) above 10 and a condition number (CN) of 1471.17 for all variables, characterizing the existence of severe
colinearity (Montgomery & Peck, 1981).
According to Table 3, if the tolerance value for a specific variable is equal to 0/01 or less and/or VIF value is above 10, there will be a multiple
colinearity. According to the results, tolerance and VIF values are at an optimal range, indicating that there is no multiple
colinearity between predicting (independent) variables; therefore, it can be stated that the procrastination level of a person can be predicted based on the scores of lifestyle.