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Timeline for Identical loadings in a PCA

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Dec 16, 2021 at 19:09 comment added ttnphns Neither dominates because there is only 2 variables and their variances are equal (I suppose you analyzed correlation, not covariance matrix).
Dec 16, 2021 at 17:10 comment added user265883 Ah, OK thank you . Is there a way to tell which variable is 'dominating' in PC1 and which in PC2? Or is this not possible with a 2x2 design?
Dec 16, 2021 at 17:06 comment added ttnphns These aren't loadings, but eigenvectors. Cos of 45 degree rotation. This is what PCA always amounts to with a 2x2 correlaton matrix.
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