| Table des matières | 
        
          | About the Authors  | vii | 
        
          | Series Editor's Introduction  | viii | 
        
          | Acknowledgements | x | 
        
          | Chapter 1. Introduction  | 1 | 
        
          | 
 | 1.1 MCA as a Geometric Method  | 1 | 
        
          | 
 | 1.2 Historical Landmarks  | 2 | 
        
          | 
 | 1.3 Bourdieu and Statistical Data Analysis  | 4 | 
        
          | 
 | 1.4 The Taste Example  | 5 | 
        
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 | 1.5 Methodological Points  | 10 | 
        
          | 
 | 1.6 Organization of the Monograph  | 12 | 
        
          | Chapter 2. The geometry of a Cloud of Points  | 14 | 
        
          | 
 | 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 | 
        
          | 
 | 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 | 
        
          | 
 | 3.1 Principles of MCA  | 34 | 
        
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 | 3.2 MCA of the Taste Example  | 46 | 
        
          | 
 | 3.3 Two Variants of MCA  | 61 | 
        
          | Chapter 4. Structures Data Analysis  | 68 | 
        
          | 
 | 4.1 From Supplementary Variables to Structuring Factors  | 68 | 
        
          | 
 | 4.2 From Experimental to Observational Data | 69 | 
        
          | 
 | 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 | 
        
          |  | 5.1 Typicality Tests | 82 | 
        
          |  | 5.2 Homogeneity Tests | 85 | 
        
          |  | 5.3 Confidence Ellipses | 89 | 
        
          | Chapter 6. Full-Scale TResearch Studies | 91 | 
        
          |  | 6.1 The Field of Püblishers in France | 91 | 
        
          |  | 6.2 The Norwegian Fiel of Power | 97 | 
        
          | Appendix | 103 | 
        
          | References | 110 | 
        
          | Index | 113 |