thanks for explaining Duncan and Ted,
Indeed, I did compare my results from a textbook
and noticed that I consitenly get flipped signs and biplots.
regards
René
Zitat von ted.hard...@wlandres.net:
The point is that a principal component vector is a solution,
say V, of a matrix equation A%*%V = L*V where A is the matrix
and L is a scalar..
Since this equation can be written A%*%(-V) = L*(-V), the
result is indeterminate with respect to its sign. If V is a
solution, so is (-V), and vice versa. It is not a case of
"direction reversal", since neither L nor (-L) has a primary
role -- they are equivalent, and you can adopt either one.
Just make it clear which one you adopt -- or someone else
might think that they disagree!
You originally wrote "I get the right principal components,
but with the wrong sign in front." You did not get "the wrong
sign" -- both are correct! It may be that you are comparing
your result from R with the result from some other software
(or from a textbook, or whatever) which produced the equivalent
result but with the opposite sign. Again, both are correct.
If, for some reason, you do not like the sign of the result
you get, then change its sign.
Hoping this helps,
Ted.
On 09-Sep-11 09:42:49, René Mayer wrote:
thanks for pointing out Paul,
but the thing which is annoying me in the first place IS this
direction reversal.
this makes no sense for me
why could this be?
Zitat von "Paul Hiemstra" <paul.hiems...@knmi.nl>:
Hi,
If all the signs are switched the PC's are still the same. The
principal
vectors are along the same axis, only in a different direction. So
there
is no problem :).
hope this helps,
Paul
On 09/09/2011 09:01 AM, René Mayer wrote:
Dear All,
when I'm running a PCA with
prcomp(USArrests, scale = TRUE)
I get the right principal components, but with the wrong sign infront
Rotation:
PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4
Murder 0.5358995 -0.4181809 0.3412327 0.64922780
Assault 0.5831836 -0.1879856 0.2681484 -0.74340748
UrbanPop 0.2781909 0.8728062 0.3780158 0.13387773
Rape 0.5434321 0.1673186 -0.8177779 0.08902432
instead of
PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4
Murder -0.5358995 0.4181809 -0.3412327 0.64922780
Assault -0.5831836 0.1879856 -0.2681484 -0.74340748
UrbanPop -0.2781909 -0.8728062 -0.3780158 0.13387773
Rape -0.5434321 -0.1673186 0.8177779 0.08902432
what is happening here?
any ideas?
thanks,
René
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