12.8 Principal component analysis

[@ajay4forest]

Can we perform PCA for ranking data. I have data set of 250 individuals and 8 variables. Each individual was asked to rank these variables from least preferred (8) to most preferred (1). Is it possible and sensible to apply PCA on this type of data?

[@DouglasHarder]

Contractually engage the services of a statistician or an engineer and I'm sure they'll be able to assist.