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Multivariate Analysis — A Discussion

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We have described in the proceeding chapters methods which have at least one property in common: they are suitable to analyse multidimensional data, and thus, to reveal information about correlations. In the measurement of correlations we relied on different objective functions that are based on, or can be derived from, the covariance, information, or probability. We characterized the methods as ‘multivariate’ to signify that they deal with several correlated variables simultaneously.

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Orlóci, L. (1975). Multivariate Analysis — A Discussion. In: Multivariate Analysis in Vegetation Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-5608-2_6

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