[R] MA / RMA / Type II regression?

[Laurent Gautier]

Prof Brian D Ripley wrote:

> > MA is not so much a regression, according to this paper, but rather the
> > major axis of the corellation ellipse (assuming equal scales in the X and Y
> > axes).
>
> More accurately the covariance ellipse.
>
> There are lots of related things under names like functional relationships
> and structural relationships, so this is almost certainly in Fuller's

>
> of Seber's or Sprent's books.
>

All this teased my curiosity. I looked for possible references corresponding to
these names and ended up with the following books.
Since I only have the references but no further description, could tell me if they
are the books you thought about, and eventually give short comments about them (so
I can have valuable indication on which one I should go first) ?

Analytic Geometry
by Gordon Fuller, Dalton Tarwater (Contributor)
7th edition (February 1993)
Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201134845

Multivariate Observations
by G. A. F. Seber
1 edition (April 30, 1984)
John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 047188104X

Data Driven Statistical Methods (Chapman & Hall Texts in Statistical Science
Series)
by Sprent
Hardcover 1 Ed edition (March 1998)
CRC Press; ISBN: 041279540X



Thanking you in advance,





Laurent Gautier




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