principal-component-analysis

  因子分析是指研究从变量群中提取共性因子的统计技术。最早由英国心理学家C.E.斯皮尔曼提出。因子分析可在许多变量中找出隐藏的具有代表性的因子。将相同本质的变量归入一个因子，可减少变量的数目，还可检验变量间关系的假设。(Factor analysis is the study of common factors extracted from the variable group statistical techniques. First proposed by British psychologist CE Spearman. Factor analysis can identify a representative factor to hide many variables. Will be essentially the same variables into one factor, can reduce the number of variables, but also test the hypothesis that the relationship between variables.)