<front xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.0/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1.xsd"><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JPS</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Probability and Statistics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1687-9538</issn><issn pub-type="ppub">1687-952X</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Hindawi Publishing Corporation</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="other">182049</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1155/2011/182049</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">182049</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Determinant Efficiencies in Ill-Conditioned Models</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" id="U71286315" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Jensen</surname><given-names>D. R.</given-names></name><email>djensen@vt.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="Academic Editor" id="U48156572"><name><surname>Lavine</surname><given-names>Michael</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="I1"><addr-line>Department of Statistics</addr-line><addr-line>Virginia Polytechnic Institute</addr-line><addr-line>Blacksburg, VA 24061</addr-line><country>USA</country><ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">vt.edu</ext-link></aff><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="archival-date"><day>5</day><month>10</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><volume>2011</volume><history><date date-type="received"><day>18</day><month>05</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>01</day><month>08</month><year>2011</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-year>2011</copyright-year><copyright-holder>Copyright © 2011 D. R. Jensen.</copyright-holder><license license-type="open-access"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the <ext-link xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link>, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>The <italic>canonical correlations</italic> between subsets of <italic>OLS</italic> estimators are identified
with <italic>design linkage parameters</italic> between their regressors. Known <italic>collinearity indices</italic> are extended to encompass angles between each regressor vector and remaining vectors. One such angle quantifies the collinearity of regressors with the intercept, of concern
in the corruption of all estimates due to ill-conditioning. Matrix identities factorize a determinant in terms of principal subdeterminants and the canonical <italic>Vector Alienation Coefficients</italic> between subset estimators—by duality, the <italic>Alienation Coefficients</italic> between
subsets of regressors. These identities figure in the study of <italic>D</italic> and <mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> as determinant efficiencies for estimators and their subsets, specifically, <mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>-efficiencies for the constant, linear, pure quadratic, and interactive coefficients in eight known small second-order
designs. Studies on <italic>D</italic>- and <mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>-efficiencies confirm that designs are seldom efficient for both. Determinant identities demonstrate the propensity for <mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>-inefficient subsets to be masked through near collinearities in overall <italic>D</italic>-efficient designs.</p></abstract><counts><ref-count count="45"/><page-count count="15"/></counts></article-meta></front>
