Dear Thibaut,<div><br></div><div>I swear I read the DAPC tutorial, but I couldn't completely clarify myself about a couple of stupid things. If I missed them, feel free to answer "see page xx" and that's it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>First, when I refer to the eigenvalues 1, 2 and so on, do I have to say discriminant "functions" or can I also use the world component? I didn't use this last, but it would be easier to make people absorb them, as it's a new method (anyway if it's wrong no probs). Another stupid thing, when referring to the highest eigenvalue, I wrote something like: "this is the value which shows the highest ratio of among/within group variance"...is that the correct definition? (maybe not really elegant). </div>
<div>Is there any parallel I can do with "the variance explained by this component is x"? Does it make sense to calculate the total of the eigenvalues of the discriminant functions to assign a % of the discrimination ratio they explain?</div>
<div><br></div><div>well, thanks in advance! (sorry for the chaos!)</div><div><br></div><div>Valeria</div>