Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods (Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral S) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1584886285 ISBN 13: 9781584886280

Verlag: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2006

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As a generalization of simple correspondence analysis, multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a powerful technique for handling larger, more complex datasets, including the high-dimensional categorical data often encountered in the social sciences, marketing, health economics, and biomedical research. Until now, however, the literature on the subject has been scattered, leaving many in these fields no comprehensive resource from which to learn its theory, applications, and implementation.

Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods gives a state-of-the-art description of this new field in an accessible, self-contained, textbook format. Explaining the methodology step-by-step, it offers an exhaustive survey of the different approaches taken by researchers from different statistical "schools" and explores a wide variety of application areas. Each chapter includes empirical examples that provide a practical understanding of the method and its interpretation, and most chapters end with a "Software Note" that discusses software and computational aspects. An appendix at the end of the book gives further computing details along with code written in the R language for performing MCA and related techniques. The code and the datasets used in the book are available for download from a supporting Web page.

Providing a unique, multidisciplinary perspective, experts in MCA from both statistics and the social sciences contributed chapters to the book. The editors unified the notation and coordinated and cross-referenced the theory across all of the chapters, making the book read seamlessly. Practical, accessible, and thorough, Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods brings the theory and applications of MCA under one cover and provides a valuable addition to your statistical toolbox.

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Michael Greenacre, Jorg Blasius

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Using a practical approach, Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods brings together the theory and applications of multiple correspondence analysis into a single volume. Because multiple correspondence analysis methods are capable of handling high-dimensional categorical data, they are applicable to survey research efforts in areas such as the social sciences, marketing, health economics, and biomedicine. This book contains a comprehensive overview of these applications. Written by leading experts, the text also features software notes for each chapter, an appendix on available software, R programs for applying the various methods, and numerous worked examples and case studies.

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• Verlag: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1584886285
• ISBN 13: 9781584886280
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 581
• Herausgeber: Greenacre Michael J., Blasius Jorg
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