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Multivariate Exploration



An introduction to finding patterns in data using exploratory multivariate methods, both numerical and graphical. The focus is on MDS, correspondence analysis, and clustering.

 

Topics

  • MDS, correspondence analysis and network drawing

  • clustering

  • factor analysis

Articles

  • Kruskal and Wish. Multidimensional Scaling. Sage. 0-8039-0940-3
  • DeJordy, Borgatti, Roussin and Halgin. Visualizing Proximity Data. Field Methods. 19:239-263. [pdf]

Optional

  • Weller and Romney. Metric Scaling. Sage. 
 

Handouts

Data

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Bibliography


General

  • Cowgill, G. L. 1968. Archaeological applications of factor, cluster, and proximity analysis. American Antiquity 33:367-375.
  • Kruskal and Wish. Multidimensional Scaling. Sage. 0-8039-0940-3
  • Weller and Romney. Metric Scaling. Sage. 
  • DeJordy, Borgatti, Roussin and Halgin. Visualizing Proximity Data. Field Methods. 19:239-263. [pdf]

Correspondence Analysis

  • Douglas Carroll, Paul Green & Catherine Shaefer. 1987. "Comparing Interpoint Distances in Correspondence Analysis: A Classification," with J.Douglas Carroll and Paul E. Green, Journal of Marketing Research, 24 (November),1987, 445-450.[skim]

  • Greenacre, M.J. (1989). The Carroll-Green-Schaffer scaling in correspondence analysis: A theoretical and empirical appraisal. Journal of Marketing Research, 26, 358-365.
  • Greenacre, M.J. & Hastie, T. (1987). The geometric interpretation of correspondence analysis. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 82, 437-447.

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