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Clusters correspond to like-minded people?

Well, not quite: "If 2 people have similar opinions their points will be close to each other, but the converse isn't necessarily true. Depending on the statistics, 2 users with different opinions may be projected nearby".

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François Dongier
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Current readings
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Opinion Space (U.S. Department of State)
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Comparison with Debategraph
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The Debategraph visualisation seems more meaningful
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In Opinion Space you only see points in a 2-dimensional space
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Clusters correspond to like-minded people?
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A point represents a user
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Principled component analysis maps n-dimensions into 2 dimensions
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Size of a point shows its global "insightful" rating
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The position of a user on the map is a function of his rating of ideas
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