title: [Medical and pharmaceutical applications of principle component analysis].
abstract: Medical and pharmaceutical research leads to a collection of data that are presented in the form of tables. Examples from several fields in the medical and pharmaceutical sciences show that principal component analysis allows to visualise the information, present in the tables, and thereby to more easily interpret this information. The method is explained algebraically and geometrically. The possibility to apply principal components to develop models, and thereby relate certain measurable quantities, is shortly indicated.
authors.affiliation: Farmaceutische en Biomedische Analyse, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Massart
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D012106:Research
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
vernacular_title: Medische en farmaceutische toepassingen van de hoofdcomponentenanalyse.