4.1 Topics Covered

• Become familiar with fundamental information-theoretic concepts
• Understand the mathematical principles behind t-SNE
• Carry out t-SNE to visualize multi-attribute data
• Understand the role of the various t-SNE optimization parameters
• Interpret the results of t-SNE
• Visualize and spatialize t-SNE results
• Compare t-SNE to MDS

GeoDa Functions

• Clusters > t-SNE
  • select variables
  • t-SNE optimization parameters
  • saving t-SNE results
  • spatial weights from t-SNE results

Toolbar Icons

Figure 4.1: Clusters > PCA | MDS | t-SNE