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Disparate

Disparate

1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate. Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. (Coleridge)

2. (Science: logic) Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions.

Origin: L. Disparatus, p. P. Of disparare to part, separate; dis- _ parare to make ready, prepare.


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PCA analysis

Thanks for your suggestion. But probably this is not my problem. My data are score (0,1) of AFLP analysis and thethey don't have disparate units. I agree that 140 observations are not a large group, but probably when they are strongly related each other it can interfere, I don't know how, ...

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by MRS
Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:09 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: PCA analysis
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Views: 608

PCA analysis

I haven't done much principle component analysis, but the only thing I can think of is that maybe you didn't normalize disparate units, or didn't do it correctly?? 140 observations doesn't strike me as an overly large group, either, but I doubt that has anything to do with anything. ...

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by blcr11
Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:30 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: PCA analysis
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Views: 608

The Fiber Disease

... closer. Come on guys, lets all take a deep breath and just loosen the strangleholds on our inflated egos. We might be a rag tag bunch, with wildly disparate veiws, that is great!! We can LEARN from each other. Who knows I might even join a lcoudlgte......

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by al
Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:47 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

Yes, I am with Tam Tam, what do we need to do; to Unite? It seems to me that we are as disparate a bunch as you'd ever find, but we are all in the same boat. So, litigation requires cash, or a Pro bono beneficiary from the Law. Surely there would be a lawyer around ...

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by al
Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:06 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... Papier is coordinating the efforts of 25 people from around the world, including seven researchers in Rochester. The team plans to organize disparate terms, developing a kind of quality control system for the words doctors use to describe the skin. “Today we take digital pictures of the ...

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by Skytroll
Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:10 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 749505
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