What is the minimum sample size for Functional Principal Component Analysis (FPCA)?

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Mohamed El Bakkali

See the article

Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha

Mohamed El Bakkali Thank you. But, this paper is about PCA.

Derek Cheng

Thank you.

On Properties of Functional Principal Components Analysis

Mohammed Omar Musa Mohammed

It is 200 at least to accurate estimates.

Elvis Munyaradzi Ganyaupfu

Hi Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha ,

There is no hard rule of thumb due to substantial variations in different conditions such as the research design and study setting across different fields - eg. public health, medicine, business/commerce, engineering, biostatistics, sociology, psychology, etc.