Final Coordinates of the Common Space

The common space plot gives a visual representation of the relationships between the objects.

Figure 1. Common space coordinates
Common space coordinates

Look at the final coordinates for the objects in dimensions 1 and 3; this is the plot in the lower left corner of the scatterplot matrix. This plot shows that dimension 1 (on the x axis) is correlated with the variable gender, and dimension 3 (on the y axis) is correlated with gener. From left to right, you see that dimension 1 separates the female and male terms, with the genderless term Cousin in the middle. From the bottom of the plot to the top, increasing values along the axis correspond to terms that are older.

Now look at the final coordinates for the objects in dimensions 2 and 3; this plot is the plot on the middle right side of the scatterplot matrix. From this plot, you can see that the second dimension (along the y axis) corresponds to the variable degree, with larger values along the axis corresponding to terms that are further from the "nuclear" family.

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