Genres are presumably groups. So linear combinations of variables that best separate the genres would be more effectively found by linear canonical variates analysis (aka discriminant analysis).
Richard Wright On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 03:18:48 GMT, "Jim Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snipped > My inclination would be to start with an Andrews plot, possibly >using principal component scores for about 20 music files from several >genres. This will enable you to find linear combinations of variable which >best separate the genres. The technique and examples is set out in: snipped ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================