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Naming principal components

Given these definitions of the features

  • credit_history_months — number of months of credit history available
  • credit_utilization_ratio — total debt / total available credit
  • delay_from_due_date — average number of days late on payments
  • monthly_inhand_salary — individual's base salary

What would be an appropriate label for PC1 (x-axis) in this plot?

PCA graph

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