Question

State whether the following statements are True or False. Give reasons in support of your answer: 5×2=10
(a) The eigenvalues of a positive definite matrix are less than zero.
(b) equation is an orthogonal and idempotent matrix.
(c) A factor model postulates that a random vector equation is linearly dependent upon a few observable common factors.
(d) A given px1 vector equation is a plausible value for the mean of a multivariate normal distribution can be tested using Student's t test.
(e) In single linkage method, we find the minimum distance in the distance matrix and merge the minimum distanced clusters

24 Mar 2026
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(a) False. A positive definite matrix has all its eigenvalues strictly greater than zero, not less than zero, because for any non-zero vector (x), (x'Ax > 0) implies positivity of eigenvalues. (b) False. A matrix cannot in general be both orthogonal ________ _________ _______ _____ ________ ___ _____ __________ ______ _______ _________ ____.
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