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daveronan
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Just for clarification...
If I take the cosine similarity of two vectors and i get an answer of 1, then bother vectors are equal and the same.
If I do the same again with another two vectors and get an answer of 0, then the vectors are at an angle of 90 degrees to each other and dissimilar.
If I do the same again with another two vectors and get an answer of -1, then the vectors are at an angle of 180 degrees to each other and are even more dissimilar than they were at 90 degree or should I always take the absolute value of the answer. The equation I'm referring to can be found here.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/f/3/6/f369863aa2814d6e283f859986a1574d.png
Thanks!
If I take the cosine similarity of two vectors and i get an answer of 1, then bother vectors are equal and the same.
If I do the same again with another two vectors and get an answer of 0, then the vectors are at an angle of 90 degrees to each other and dissimilar.
If I do the same again with another two vectors and get an answer of -1, then the vectors are at an angle of 180 degrees to each other and are even more dissimilar than they were at 90 degree or should I always take the absolute value of the answer. The equation I'm referring to can be found here.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/f/3/6/f369863aa2814d6e283f859986a1574d.png
Thanks!