Calculating a PCA and an MDS on a fingerprint data set

This tutorial illustrates how to calculate a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) and a Multi Dimensional Scaling (MDS) (sometimes also called Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA)) on a fingerprint data set and how to change the layout of the obtained plots.

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The DemoBase Connected demonstration database. This database is used in several tutorials.

Note that the downloaded database backup file (.bnbk) can be restored via the Restore database... functionality in the BIONUMERICS startup screen.