Compositional data analysis in practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenacre, Michael J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2019
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC interdisciplinary statistics
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Table of Contents:
  • What are compositional data, and why are they special? Geometry and visualization of compositional data. Logratio transformations. Properties and distributions of logratios. Regression models involving compositional data. Dimension reduction using logratio analysis. Clustering of compositional data. The problem of zeros, with some solutions. Simplifying the task: variable selection. Case study: Fatty acids of marine amphipods. Appendix A: Theory of compositional data analysis.Appendix B Bibliography of compositional data analysisAppendix C Computation of compositional data analysisAppendix D Glossary of termsAppendix E Epilogue