Compositional Data Analysis in Practice
Author | : Michael Greenacre |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2018-07-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780429849015 |
ISBN-13 | : 042984901X |
Rating | : 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Download or read book Compositional Data Analysis in Practice written by Michael Greenacre and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compositional data are quantitative descriptions of the parts of some whole, conveying exclusively relative information. Examples are found in various fields, including geology, medicine, chemistry, agriculture, economics, social science, etc. This concise book presents a very applied introduction to compositional data analysis, focussing on the use of R for analysis. It includes lots of real examples, code snippets, and colour figures, to illustrate the methods.