Abstract
The theory of best affine prediction (BAP) is extended to the vector case with possibly singular variance matrix of the predictor variable. The theory is then applied to derive Thomson’s classical predictor for factor scores, allowing for a singular variance matrix of the factors. The results are formulated in a free distribution setting. Further, Bartlett’s estimator is considered and compared with Thomson’s predictor.
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