Compositional data analysis : theory and applications / / edited by Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn, Antonella Buccianti

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 p.)
• Disciplina: 519.5/35
• Soggetto topico: Multivariate analysis; Correlation (Statistics); Anàlisi multivariable; Correlació (Estadística)
• Altri autori: Pawlowsky-GlahnVera BucciantiAntonella
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Theory-- statistical modelling -- pt. 3. Theory-- algebra and calculus -- pt. 4. Applications -- pt. 5. Software.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is difficult to imagine that the statistical analysis of compositional data has been a major issue of concern for more than 100 years. It is even more difficult to realize that so many statisticians and users of statistics are unaware of the particular problems affecting compositional data, as well as their solutions. The issue of ``spurious correlation'', as the situation was phrased by Karl Pearson back in 1897, affects all data that measures parts of some whole, such as percentages, proportions, ppm and ppb. Such measurements are present in all fields of science, ranging from geology, bi
• Titolo autorizzato: Compositional data analysis
• ISBN: 1-283-20451-7; 9786613204516; 1-119-97646-4; 1-119-97647-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910133221303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II