Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is the gold standard in dimensionality reduction.
But PCA is hard to understand for beginners.
Let me destroy your confusion:
1. What is PCA?
PCA is a statistical technique used in data analysis, mainly for dimensionality reduction. It's beneficial when dealing with large datasets with many variables, and it helps simplify the data's complexity while retaining as much variability as possible.
2. PCA has 5 steps:
1. Standardization 2. Covariance Matrix Computation 3. Eigen Vector Calculation 4. Choosing Principal Components 5. Transforming the data