The construction of an asymmetric biplot for multivariate data sets

Abstract

A scatterplot is a useful statistical tool for representing samples as points and variables by means of coordinate axes. A form of scatterplot that can be used for multivariate data is the biplot. In this paper, the fundamental idea behind the biplot is discussed, before its construction. An illustration using an 11-dimensional multivariate data set concerning the relationships between chemical measurements and sensory descriptors is presented.