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Topic: how to compute length of principal axis
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Ken.Pledger@vuw.ac.nz

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Re: how to compute length of principal axis
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 4:11 PM
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<c6ae106d-d113-49e2-be2e-2947800ad109@m5g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
MBALOVER <mbalover9@gmail.com> wrote:

> ....
> I have a data set and I can compute the vector of the principal axis.
> However i do not know if there is an equation to compute the length of
> the first principal axis....


Since you mention a data set, you may need to search for the term
"principal components analysis".

Ken Pledger.

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