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@ARTICLE{Camilleri:894837,
author = {Camilleri, Julia and Eickhoff, S. B. and Weis, Susanne and
Chen, Ji and Amunts, J. and Sotiras, A. and Genon, S.},
title = {{A} machine learning approach for the factorization of
psychometric data with application to the {D}elis {K}aplan
{E}xecutive {F}unction {S}ystem},
journal = {Scientific reports},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
issn = {2045-2322},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-03421},
pages = {16896},
year = {2021},
abstract = {While a replicability crisis has shaken psychological
sciences, the replicability of multivariate approaches for
psychometric data factorization has received little
attention. In particular, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)
is frequently promoted as the gold standard in psychological
sciences. However, the application of EFA to executive
functioning, a core concept in psychology and cognitive
neuroscience, has led to divergent conceptual models. This
heterogeneity severely limits the generalizability and
replicability of findings. To tackle this issue, in this
study, we propose to capitalize on a machine learning
approach, OPNMF (Orthonormal Projective Non-Negative
Factorization), and leverage internal cross-validation to
promote generalizability to an independent dataset. We
examined its application on the scores of 334 adults at the
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS), while
comparing to standard EFA and Principal Component Analysis
(PCA). We further evaluated the replicability of the derived
factorization across specific gender and age subsamples.
Overall, OPNMF and PCA both converge towards a two-factor
model as the best data-fit model. The derived factorization
suggests a division between low-level and high-level
executive functioning measures, a model further supported in
subsamples. In contrast, EFA, highlighted a five-factor
model which reflects the segregation of the D-KEFS battery
into its main tasks while still clustering higher-level
tasks together. However, this model was poorly supported in
the subsamples. Thus, the parsimonious two-factors model
revealed by OPNMF encompasses the more complex factorization
yielded by EFA while enjoying higher generalizability.
Hence, OPNMF provides a conceptually meaningful, technically
robust, and generalizable factorization for psychometric
tools.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5254 - Neuroscientific Data Analytics and AI (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5254},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:34413412},
UT = {WOS:000686768700076},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-021-96342-3},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/894837},
}