Correspondence Analysis in Practice, Second Edition

by Michael J. Greenacre

Drawing on the author’s experience in social and environmental research, Correspondence Analysis in Practice, Second Edition shows how the versatile method of correspondence analysis (CA) can be used for data visualization in a wide variety of situations. This completely revised, up-to-date edition features a didactic approach with self-contained chapters, extensive marginal notes, informative figure and table captions, and end-of-chapter summaries.  New to the Second Edition • Five new chapters on transition and regression relationships, stacked tables, subset correspondence analysis, analysis of square tables, and canonical correspondence analysis • Substantially more figures and tables than the first edition • A computational appendix that provides the R commands that correspond to most of the analyses featured throughout the book, making it easy for readers to reproduce the analyses With 33 years of CA experience, the expert author demonstrates how to use uncomplicated, relatively nonmathematical techniques to translate complex tabular data into more readable graphical forms. CA and its variants multiple CA (MCA) and joint CA (JCA) are suitable for analyses in various fields, including marketing research, the social and environmental sciences, biochemistry, and more.

296 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Terran M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was very pleased with this geometrically focused introduction to correspondence analysis, which can be broadly described as a technique for visualizing the individual rows and columns of a chi-squared test, or for assessing count data to see how your rows and columns are related. The focus is on developing a geometric intuition so that you can use correspondence analysis plots for exploratory analysis; the math is relegated to an appendix, which you will probably want to follow along with as you read the main parts of the book.

I was not pleased with the physical printing - it looked like it was printed on a geriatric office inkjet with several clogged nozzles. This is the worst printed book I have ever received, and that includes used copies, self-published books, and cheap Asian editions. I expected better for seventy bucks; shame on CRC.