Several meteorological measurements for a period between 1920 and 1931.
A data frame with 11 observations on the following 7 variables.
year
the years.
rainNovDec
rainfall in November and December (mm).
temp
average July temperature.
rainJuly
rainfall in July (mm).
radiation
radiation in July (millilitres of alcohol).
yield
average harvest yield (quintals per hectare).
Details
Carry out a principal components analysis of both the covariance matrix and the correlation matrix of the data and compare the results. Which set of components leads to the most meaningful interpretation?
Source
B. S. Everitt and G. Dunn (2001), Applied Multivariate Data Analysis, 2nd edition, Arnold, London.
Use the following R code to directly access this dataset in R.