[R] Biplot - how can I make it more readable?

[David L Carlson]

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David L Carlson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4352


> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Derek.Schanze at srnl.doe.gov
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 12:27 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Biplot - how can I make it more readable?
> 
> Hello,
> I am doing a principle component analysis on a dataset with a lot of
> different variables and have constructed a biplot of the data.
>  Unfortunately, as can be seen on the attached image, the biplot is
> very
> messy, cluttered, and hard to read.  I have performed a few
> modifications
> including outlier removal from a few of the variables, which has made
> the
> plot better, however it still is too cluttered to read the variable
> names.
>  Is there any further improvment that can be made to the attached plot
> and
> if so what steps should I take?
> 
> Thanks,
> Derek
>