What does a Principal Component represent in a dataset?
- A combination of original features
- A feature of the dataset
- A group of similar data points
- A target variable
A Principal Component is a linear combination of the original features in a dataset. Each principal component is orthogonal to each other, meaning they are uncorrelated and each represents a different direction in which the data varies.
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