Blasius, Jörg; Eilers, Paul H. C. and Gower, John
(2009).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2008.06.013 |
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Abstract
The elements of a biplot are (i) a set of axes representing variables, usually concurrent at the centroid of (ii) a set of points representing samples or cases. The axes are (approximations to) conventional coordinate axes, and therefore may be labelled and calibrated. Especially when there are many points (perhaps several thousand) the whole effect can be very confusing but this may be mitigated by:
1. Giving a density representation of the points.
2. While respecting the calibrations, moving the axes to new positions more remote from the points, and possibly jointly rotating axes and points.
3. The use of colour — when permissible.
4. Choosing more than one centre of concurrency.
The principles are quite general but we illustrate them by examples of the Categorical Principal Component Analysis of the responses to questions concerning migration in Germany. This application introduces the additional interest of representing ordered categorical variables by irregularly calibrated axes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2008 Elsevier B.V. |
| ISSN: | 0167-9473 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Item ID: | 22501 |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Frain |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2010 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 13:44 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/22501 |
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