Table 3. Test error rates (standard errors): Classes equidistant.
Absolute Value of Correlation | ||||||||||
Algorithm | Centroids | Covariance | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.65 | 0.90 | ||||
PAM | shrunken* | diagonal | 0.15 | (0.07) | 0.15 | (0.06) | 0.18 | (0.07) | 0.29 | (0.08) |
Clanc | unshrunken | unrestricted | 0.30 | (0.08) | 0.28 | (0.08) | 0.28 | (0.07) | 0.11 | (0.07) |
Clanc | shrunken | unrestricted | 0.27 | (0.09) | 0.27 | (0.08) | 0.26 | (0.10) | 0.09 | (0.07) |
Clanc | unshrunk. | diagonal | 0.07 | (0.04) | 0.08 | (0.04) | 0.10 | (0.04) | 0.19 | (0.07) |
Clanc | shrunken | diagonal | 0.06 | (0.04) | 0.08 | (0.04) | 0.10 | (0.05) | 0.19 | (0.07) |
Clanc | unshrunk. | shrunken | 0.30 | (0.08) | 0.28 | (0.08) | 0.28 | (0.07) | 0.06 | (0.04) |
Clanc | shrunken | shrunken | 0.27 | (0.09) | 0.27 | (0.08) | 0.26 | (0.10) | 0.06 | (0.04) |
Shrinkage in this case takes place across classes rather than across features.