Table des matières |
About the Authors |
vii |
Series Editor's Introduction |
viii |
Acknowledgements |
x |
Chapter 1. Introduction |
1 |
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1.1 MCA as a Geometric Method |
1 |
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1.2 Historical Landmarks |
2 |
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1.3 Bourdieu and Statistical Data Analysis |
4 |
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1.4 The Taste Example |
5 |
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1.5 Methodological Points |
10 |
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1.6 Organization of the Monograph |
12 |
Chapter 2. The geometry of a Cloud of Points |
14 |
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2.1 Basic Geometric Notions |
14 |
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2.2 Cloud of Points |
16 |
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2.3 Subclouds and Partitions of a Cloud |
20 |
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2.4 Contributions |
22 |
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2.5 Principal Axes of a Cloud |
24 |
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2.6 From Two-Dimensional to Hogher-Dimensional Clouds |
30 |
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2.7 Computation Formulas for a weighted
Cloud in a Plane |
32 |
Chaper 3. The Method of Multiple Correspondence Analysis |
34 |
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3.1 Principles of MCA |
34 |
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3.2 MCA of the Taste Example |
46 |
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3.3 Two Variants of MCA |
61 |
Chapter 4. Structures Data Analysis |
68 |
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4.1 From Supplementary Variables to Structuring Factors |
68 |
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4.2 From Experimental to Observational Data |
69 |
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4.3 Concentration Ellipses |
69 |
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4.4 Taste Example: Study of Gender and Age |
71 |
Chapter 5. Inductive Data Analysis |
81 |
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5.1 Typicality Tests |
82 |
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5.2 Homogeneity Tests |
85 |
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5.3 Confidence Ellipses |
89 |
Chapter 6. Full-Scale TResearch Studies |
91 |
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6.1 The Field of Püblishers in France |
91 |
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6.2 The Norwegian Fiel of Power |
97 |
Appendix |
103 |
References |
110 |
Index |
113 |