principal component
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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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component
noun[C]
uk/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/us/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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The large positive eigenvalue is associated with a particular eigenspace, the majorprincipalcomponentof the electoral distribution.
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First, the civic community index is derived from theprincipalcomponentanalysis of the data set.
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Results of aprincipalcomponentanalysis indicated a strong general language factor that accounted for 41 % of the variance of the language measures.
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Here it is greatly expanded and is assimilated into aprincipalcomponentof the structure.
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I personally found this chapter very useful and gained some particularly good references onprincipalcomponentanalysis and the expression of variation and temporal changes.
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The arrowhead and the dashed line denote the expected level of response variation accounted for by eachprincipalcomponentif the population response were random.
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The height of each bar denotes the percentage of the response variation accounted for by the givenprincipalcomponent.
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Analyses includedprincipalcomponentanalyses to identify scales, internal consistency analyses to demonstrate reliability, and correlational and group comparisons to support construct validity.
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Commonprincipalcomponentanalyses indicated that overall patterns in correlations among floral traits were morph specific in the study population.
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Any subsequentprincipalcomponentis defined as the vector of maximal variance subject to the constraint that it is orthogonal to the previous ones.
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Rural households' assets: rural wealth indicator computed fromprincipalcomponentanalysis, as explained in the text.
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The secondprincipalcomponentwas defined primarily by the separation of years.
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The information from numerous recorded traits was summarized byprincipalcomponentanalysis and analysed by least-squares interval mapping.
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In addition to the grouping of locations into lakeshore and plains, an attempt was made to group similar environments together usingprincipalcomponentanalysis.
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Aprincipalcomponentanalysis was also performed to assess the number of independent traits among the 17 traits that were analysed.
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The present evaluation techniques are based on statistical analysis (such as correlation, regression,principalcomponent, and independent component analysis).
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Aprincipalcomponentanalysis was then carried out using these indices.
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Principalcomponentanalysis of the structural language measures yielded a general oral language factor score.
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