Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 

I haven't seen any clearer explanation of PCA on the internet than this one. Many thanks!

Judging by how much you simplified the lesson without sacrificing the actual concept, I trust you have spent good time preparing for your lesson and animation. Thank you very much

I haven't seen a better explanation for PCA. Love it! And I always had trouble to conceptually understand covariance. I knew it was related to direction but always found it difficult to conceptualize. Thank you for your explanation.

we may be aware of terms like mean, variance, covariance, linear-transforms, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, PCA. This video puts together all the relationships in an amazing way

I have confusion even after watching videos of 2+ hours... 26 minutes solved all doubts. I like the way how you put all the concepts together. Thanks.

You are the tutor we all need but don't deserve.

I am yet to see a clearer explanation of PCA in my life! Thank you so much!

This is without a doubt the best explanation on youtube.

That arguably might be the best tutorial I've ever watched on RU-vid. Thanks.

Great explanation Luis! It took me a whole class and a conversation after with an instructor to get PCA, and still your video cleared up so much uncertainty/misconceptions I had on the subject.

I would literally clap for you if you gave this lecture in person. Thanks for this man. Keep doing what u do

Quite literally the best video on PCA. You explained everything without skipping the math and the basics, amazing!

This video is the eigenvector with the highest eigenvalue in the internet that describes PCA. Appreciate all the time and effort on this work. You deserve the trophy.

This was AMAZING!!! You reconciled so many disparate concepts I had learned in college...I understand how it fits together now. Very down-to-earth explanation, and amazing animations!

PCA, that I couldn’t really understand in five years (although I have been using in analysis without being clear), I am now crystal clear. There are so many articles and videos. Those are like a parroting. This lesson is the best.

Only explanation which has core PCA explained in a very simple yet effective and useful manner. His teaching skills are exemplary.

far better PCA explanation on youtube, I saw a lot of videos, but only learned with this one.

This is the best PCA video ever seen, it's quite easy to follow and understand deeply.Thanks!

have never seen a better explanation of pca than this

This is the best PCA explanation. If only I had this explanation 11 years ago...

I am impresed with the level of information you were able to put together in a 20 minutes video. I mean you summarized a whole semester in such a way that a beginner could follow. Thats amazing

This is the clearest explanation of PCA I've ever seen. As a wannabe analytical chemist, this is pure gold because it gives you hints about the true meaning of PCA without excessively digging into statistics and pure mathematics which just blows your mind. Congrats for the amazing explanation and the effort to make this video!

I have spent 3 days chasing eigenvectors and eigenvalues, and then I found you video. It puts it all together very nice, and mentally delivers it with ease - like a boss. I was very close to spending two weeks on Khan academy to understand what you delivered in 26 minutes. Thank you so much.

i search all the pca tutorial on youtube, and this is the best one.

wow! this was VERY worthwhile. thank you! so many lights switched on

well thats the best explanation i have ever seen, great job sir, thank you so much !

Well Luis, that's the best and most intuitive PCA tutorial I've seen so far. Bravo!

This is my first comment ever in youtube ,I was searching for PCA videos and was unable to figure out how exactly PCA works,but this video gave me complete clarity on the topic....Thanks Luis Serrano!!!

Most comprehensive explanation, thank you so much. Tomorrow, I have interview for big tech company and now after watching whole video, I feel confident to answer questions on PCA. \m/

Awesome explanation for PCA beats any in youtube tilll date

This is how you teach!! I wish my professors from university could do even 1% of this... I am paying thousands of dollars for something I get for free on youtube!! Very good job!!

The most informative but graspable explanation of PCA I have encountered online ever. Thanks so much!

Thank you for taking time to explain small detail

This excellent, Luis. My only thought to improve the video would be to pull the thread through using your original example of housing data. Good job, and thank you!

This is the best explanation of PCA, individual components broken down, emphasis on visualization instead of just the method and then all the components put together for the big picture. I cant thank you enough for the fantastic teaching style that clicks with me.

I watched many videos on PCA over the last year and by far this is the best. Thank you.

HIT THE LIKE BUTTON IF YOU LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! You did it! You nailed it!! You killed it!!! Just when I was about to give up on this topic after watching a series on PCA, I ran into yours and BOOM!!! IT WAS THE BEST THING I DID!!!! I am going to watch it again because you gave me an ideal explanation of the topic. You started off with related background knowledge necessary for perfect understanding. THANKS A LOT!

Recognizing your name from your Udacity lectures, I was thrilled to have stumbled upon your youtube channel today - really gentle, concise, intuitive explanation of a complex topic. Nice shout out to 3blue1brown - watching this reminded me of his videos and style (though his visualizations are insane :] ). One question: from the end of your video, it seems to me that eigenvalues can be thought of as measures of feature importance, but in your housing example, multiple similar features (size, #rooms, etc) become a new single representative feature. How do we know what the features are that we are left with after PCA in much higher dimensional examples? Say we reduce a 100 dimensional data set to 10 dimensions, how do we know what those 10 dimensions represent? Thanks again - looking forward to diving into your channel.

I spent so many hours looking at other videos and content online and could not make sense of it. This video really helped me a lot. Especially in understanding the role of eigenvectors and eigenvalues. Thank you so much!

You have a very intuitive way of teaching things that's hard to infer when reading or watching lectures from other teachers.

This is great tutorial. Can you make a similar video about - Markov Chain Monte Carlo, since its too complicated to understand why are we doing what we do?

One of the most lucid presentations on PCA I've ever seen. Nice work!

Dear Sir, you are the best at explaining PCA!. I thank you very much.

By far the best conceptual and visual explanation online. Great work. Thanks!

Never have I understood PCA in such a simplified and intuitive way. You're a magician! ❤️

This is one of the best tutorials which I have ever seen. Being a teacher, I appreciate the way how difficult concepts are explained in a simple way. It is must-to-read video for all students who want to understand PCA.

This is the best explanation for PCA. I have tried with so many videos, but this saves me. Thank you

This is the best explanation of PCA in the whole RU-vid!Thanks so much!!

This is by far the best PCA video i have come across. Thank You!!

One of the best explanation to PCA on youtube , amazing video

This is the best video on PCA I have come across. Its so well explained

Thank you! This is the most comprehensible and complete video about PCA I've found!

This is one the simplest and most precise explanation of PCA. Thanks !!

Fantastic, absolutely the best simple, straight to the point presentation of the PCA . Thank you

There are so many videos on the internet but none explained to this detailed and fundamental level as you did! Thank you sir!

All these RU-vid videos are great. There is a 100% mapping between this and all the AI stuff with real brain observations and computational neuroscience. This author is brilliant!

Thank you for making this video!! PCA and linear algebra have never been so easy and understandable to beginners, but you’ve made things clear and logical!

Amazing. Perhaps the best PCA explanation video in the internet.

You are a gifted lecturer. You know how to motivate the theory and provide that understanding of WHY we're taking all the computational steps. That is rare!

The best explanation of PCA on RU-vid!! Thank you very much!

Luis, ONE OF THE BEST PCA EXPLAINED ON RU-vid ARENA OF MACHINE LEARNING. I read many blogs, almost all the PCA tutorials on youtube but I was unclear about the PCA concept, was thinking what is this PCA.. but when I started viewing your PCA explanation , within 20 seconds PCA lighten up in my mind, which started from the taking picture example. The way you explained this confusing concept, It's totally insane, You are an exponentially amazing tutor. many thanks for sharing this stuff. you are simply amazing :) Thank you so much Luis.

Luis, I have seen so many videos for PCA but this one is the best that I came across. Really appreciate your work and thank you for making the video. It's really awesome.

This has to be the best, yet so simple to understand explanation of PCA I have ever come across!

Thank you!! Out of all the videos I watched on RU-vid this one helped me understand the most about what PCA is, how it works, and when to use it.

Just amazing. I have an exam and I have gone through so much material already but nothing could have summed PCA better than you did. Thank you!

By far the best basic explanation of PCA on the internet! Thank you so much, I did not think I could ever understand this without being an expert mathematician.

The best and neatest explanation of PCA.. bravo, and you’ve earned a lifelong fan and follower!!

This is the best of all lectures about PCA! Thanks a lot.

I cannot state how intuitive this video is! Even a layman can now understand this! Loved it, subscribed and looking for more!!

the best PCA video on the internet. i always struggled with eigen value and eigen vectors thanks man

Probably the best explanation of PCA. Mean, variance, covariance, correlation such a smooth explanation, great.

Best ever explanation on PCA. You put so much effort into this. Thanks!!

Best PCA explanation I have ever seen. Thank you so much Luis.

One of the best descriptions of PCA I've seen. Bravo!

By far the best video on PCA. Explanation was top notch! Thank You!

One of best explanation after going through lot of PCA videos. Now it will make sense to drill down further. Thanks!

I am not sure why this video is not appearing in top search results under 'PCA'. Best video. Period.

I haven't seen any better explanation for PCA. This was Brilliant. Hats off for such a clear explanation of complicated topic.

Out of the world explanation for PCA. Never seen so simple and easy elaboration of this concept. Tons of thanks.

I went over at-least 30+ videos + materials , articles from 2 weeks , At last you made it so clear . You are wonderful teacher 🙏

One of the cleanest and very simplest explanation of pca. Great job sir

oh my god! this is unbelievable stuff. I wasted around a day on many lectures and books still can't able to grasp a shit about PCA. but this man explains it in such a beautiful way. You're a legend sir

Very comprehensively explained,cleared a lot of concepts.Bravo!

You explain the concepts sooooo simply. Hats off! Funny how I saw this video and then took your course on Coursera and it led back to this video .

You are a great teacher, teaching is an art and this guy is an artist. Million Thanks Sir.

One of the best explanations ever, PCA or no PCA!

Best video i have even seen about PCA. Thank you so much sir.

By far the very best PCA explanation! Very clear and understandable for everyone!

The explanation is the clearest I've seen! Thank you.

Thank you so much for this amazing explanation Luis!! This is the best and most intuitive explanation of PCA I've found on the internet! I was literally struggling to understand this concept for weeks! :')

The best explanation for PCA. I can't remember concentrating that much for 26 minutes in any of youtube videos. ❤

This video is amazing! Many students in college are taught how to compute the eigenvector and eigenvalue but the college seldom explained its geometrical meaning, but you did this which helped me a lot! Thank you!

The best PCA tutorial I have seen anywhere on youtube. Thanks.

This was by far the best explanation that I found on youtube. Keep up the good work man

Simply awesome. PCA conceptually cannot be explained better than this.

Best video on PCA. These animations made life easier. Thank you

Wow..One of the best explanation about PCA..The best part is that you explained clearly the purpose of PCA in simple way!!!Billion thanks.

This explantation is better than my one year course , thanks a lot

The covariance explanation just struck me unguarded, it blew my mind. Thank you

This is the most clear video that I have watched. Many thanks!!