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Table 5

Results of the principal component analysis applied to eight different properties of the galaxies.

Parameter Vi a(i)1 a(i)2 a(i)3 a(i)4 a(i)5 a(i)6 a(i)7 a(i)8

V1 D4000 –0.368 0.117 0.423 0.062 –0.653 0.329 –0.365 –0.026
V2 EW0 [O   ii 0.359 –0.056 –0.429 –0.245 –0.733 –0.177 0.233 –0.025
V3 Δ(B − z) –0.392 0.139 0.388 0.023 –0.114 –0.525 0.621 0.039
V4 G –0.367 0.304 –0.415 0.031 0.002 –0.571 –0.522 –0.038
V5 M20 0.419 –0.013 0.323 0.131 –0.058 –0.314 –0.261 0.730
V6 C 0.400 0.125 –0.289 –0.447 0.065 0.320 0.160 0.640
V7 A 0.185 0.772 –0.160 0.488 –0.028 0.234 0.215 0.066
V8 S 0.278 0.510 0.318 –0.693 0.124 –0.052 –0.119 –0.222

PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 PC6 PC7 PC8

Prop. variance 0.586 0.142 0.109 0.063 0.043 0.024 0.022 0.011
Cum. variance 0.586 0.728 0.838 0.901 0.944 0.968 0.990 1.000

Notes. Absolute values of the coefficients a(i)x show the relative importance of the original variables within each principal component; a negative coefficient means an anti-correlation.

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