Multivariate descriptive statistical analysis

correspondence analysis and related techniques for large matrices

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Multivariate descriptive statistical analysis

correspondence analysis and related techniques for large matrices

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There is an excellent chapter which relates correspondence analysis to discriminant analysis and canonical correlation analysis. Another chapter discusses cluster analysis and includes an example in which clustering is combined with correspondence analysis. First the clustering partitions the data into homogeneous groups and then the corre- spondence plot shows how the groups differ on their response. For the reader with access to a program which manipulates matrices with facility and has good plotting facilities, it should be possible to implement the procedures fairly easily without recourse to the FORTRAN program.

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Wiley
Pages
250

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 223-228.
Translation of: Techniques de la description statistique.
Includes index.

Published in
New York
Series
Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
519.5/35
Library of Congress
QA278 .L4213 1984, QA278

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvi, 231 p. :
Number of pages
250
Weight
1 pounds

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3179322M
ISBN 10
0471867438
LCCN
83021904
OCLC/WorldCat
10100839
LibraryThing
8096476
Goodreads
3691774

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Work ID
OL2543167W

Work Description

This is a well-written and interesting book about techniques for displaying multi- variate data. Although the examples are applications to socioeconomic research, it is claimed that the methods can also be applied to the social sciences, medicine, biology, and geography. The primary focus is on correspondence analysis, with other techniques such as canonical correlation, discriminant analysis, and cluster analysis discussed in this context. One could conclude from the absence of exercises that the book is not intended as a text, but it certainly could be used for a class if supplemented with problems. The main prerequisite is linear algebra, but some calculus is used, too, including matrix derivatives and Lagrange multipliers. The style is informal, with techniques presented often in terms of the analysis of a particular data set, and there are no theorems presented as such. There are, however, some mathematical derivation. This is a clear, carefully written discussion of correspondence analysis, a methodology which deserves to be more widely known.

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