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A note on multiple and canonical correlation for a singular covariance matrix

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A weaker generalized inverse (Rao's g-inverse; Graybill's c-inverse) can be used in place of the Moore-Penrose generalized inverse to obtain multiple and canonical correlations from singular covariance matrices.

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Khatri, C.G. A note on multiple and canonical correlation for a singular covariance matrix. Psychometrika 41, 465–470 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02296970

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