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For dataset analysis, the program uses the method of [https://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1399004713025431 Brehm and Diederichs (2014) ''Acta Cryst'' '''D70''', 101-109] ([https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/handle/123456789/26319/Brehm_263191.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y PDF]) whose theoretical background is in [https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798317000699 Diederichs (2017) ''Acta Cryst'' '''D73''', 286-293] (open access). This results in an arrangement of N datasets represented by N vectors in a low-dimensional space. Typically, the dimension of that space may be chosen as n=2 to 4, but may be higher if N is large (see below). n=1 would be suitable if the datasets only differ in their random error.  One more dimension is required for each additional systematic property which may vary between the datasets, e.g. n=2 is suitable if they only differ in their indexing mode (which then only should have two alternatives!), or in some other systematic property, like the length of the a axis. Higher values of n (e.g. n=4) are appropriate if e.g. there are 4 indexing possibilities (which is the case in P3_x), or more systematic ways in which the datasets may differ (like significant variations in a, b and c axes). In cases where datasets differ e.g. with respect to the composition or conformation of crystallized molecules, it is ''a priori'' unknown which value of n should be chosen, and several values need to be tried, and the results inspected.