Jason wrote:
> As PCA is appropriate for continuous data. I am wondering if it is
> appropriate for count data (i.e., highly skewed)? Can someone provide
> advice, guidance or a resource in using PCA with count data?
Dear Jason,
I don't know much about this but a while ago I was looking for something similar and I came across this paper which helped me:
http://cosco.hiit.fi/search/MPCA/buntineDPCA.pdf
If that's not useful to you, it has a bunch of references in the back. Maybe those can help.
Best,
Adrian
>
> Cheers,
> Jason
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