因子分析法建立隐结构在慢性胃炎辨证中应用的初步分析
An Analysis of Appfication of Factor Analysis in Establishing Concealed Structure Used in Syndrome Differentiation of Chronic Gastritis
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摘要: 中医专家诊病的过程就是在头脑中建立隐结构的过程,隐结构中既含有症状等可直接观测的显变量,也含有专家经过分析推理判定的证型等隐变量。以慢性胃炎为例,用因子分析法确定隐结构中的隐变量,初步分析了方法在慢性胃炎证型判定中的可行性。Abstract: The process of diagnosing diseases by TCM specialists is one of establishing the concealed structure in the mind,which contains both apparent variables such as the symptoms and concealed variables such as the syndromes.With chronic gastritis as an example and using factor analysis,the authors tried to determine the concealed variables in the concealed structure and investigate into the feasibility of using the method in differentiation of syndromes for chronic gastritis.