Re: Multi Correspondence Analysis

Posted by Ian Martin-2 on Aug 13, 2013; 7:15pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Multi-Correspondence-Analysis-tp5721553p5721561.html

Jon,

I've looked at the CA as implemented in SPSS, and can't see how it equates to the CA I use frequently, which is in ADE-4 under R.  The CA I use is as per Greenacre 1984
Greenacre, M. J. (1984) Theory and applications of correspondence analysis, Academic Press, London.
 ADE-4:
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1018513530268>

cheers,
Ian
Ian D. Martin, Ph.D.
Environmental Analysis & Consulting

On Aug 13, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Jon K Peck <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Multiple correspondence analysis is available in the Categories option (Analyze > Dimension Reduction > Correspondence Analysis).
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> You can read the help for this online in the IBM Info Center at
> http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/spssstat/v21r0m0/index.jsp
> under the Categories option.
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> Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
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> From:        Vik Rubenfeld <[hidden email]>
> To:        [hidden email],
> Date:        08/13/2013 10:27 AM
> Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] Multi Correspondence Analysis
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> Last time I looked into it, I did not find a way to do correspondence analysis with SPSS. However that was a few years ago. I would love to find a way to do CA in SPSS and I look forward to following this thread to find out if there is one at this time.
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> However, you can do CA using R Project, using an R Project package such as "CA". http://www.r-project.org/
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> Best,
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> -Vik
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> On Aug 13, 2013, at 4:31 AM, mils <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I would like to run a Multi Correspondence Analysis (MCA). I used to run MCA
> with xlstat, so I am a bit confused on how to use it in SPSS. I've attached
> a file with the raw data and variables description.
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> Do I have to transform the data?
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> Any suggestions will be really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mils
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> Multi_Correspondence_Analysis.xlsx
> <http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/file/n5721553/Multi_Correspondence_Analysis.xlsx>
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