47 PCA on correlation or covariance? 10 How does Naive Bayes work with continuous variables? 9 Explain steps of LLE (local linear embedding) algorithm? 8 SVM - why quadratic programming problem? 4 Random forest parameters

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 +10 What algorithm should I use to predict a continuous dependent variable from multiple continuous & categorical independent variables? +25 Are most fit indices inappropriate for EFA (not CFA)? +10 Using multiple neural nets in sequence on one classification problem +10 SVM - why quadratic programming problem?

### Questions (2)

 3 When propensity matching doesn't work 1 Visible cluster separability better from PC score coefficients vs. eigenvector Z-score cross products

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 55 pca × 14 22 classification × 26 52 correlation × 4 13 feature-selection × 10 51 machine-learning × 43 12 regression × 21 50 factor-analysis × 4 11 naive-bayes × 6 48 covariance × 2 11 bayesian × 3
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