Visualization VocabularyDataviz vocabulary
Diagram: principal component analysis
Drawing: Adrien Taudière (CC0)
Wikidata image: principal component analysis
Nicoguaro (CC BY 4.0); Wikimedia Commons; item Q2873

statistics

principal component analysis

also: PCA

Ordination seeking the axes that carry the most variance.

analyse en composantes principales

aussi : ACP

Ordination cherchant les axes qui portent le plus de variance.

Classification

  • statistics

Attestation

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Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/principal-component-analysis.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. principal component analysis. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/principal-component-analysis.html

BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-principal-component-analysis,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {principal component analysis},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/principal-component-analysis.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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