Syms, C. (2008) Principal components analysis. In: Jorgensen, Sven Erik, and Fath, Brian D., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 2940-2949.

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Abstract

Principal components analysis (PCA) is a multivariate ordination technique used to display patterns in multivariate data. It aims to graphically display the relative positions of data points in fewer dimensions while retaining as much information as possible, and explore relationships between dependent variables. It is a hypothesis-generating technique that is intended to describe patterns in a data table, rather than test formal statistical hypotheses. PCA assumes linear responses of variables, and works best over short ecological gradients, with few zeroes in the data. It has a range of applications other than data display including multiple regression, and variable reduction.

Item ID:	28020
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Reference)
ISBN:	978-0-08-045405-4
Keywords:	biostatistics, principal components, analysis
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Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2013 05:51
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