Analyzing Compositional Data with R

• Main Authors: van den Boogaart, K. Gerald. (Author), Tolosana-Delgado, Raimon. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Use R!
• Subjects: Statistics.; Geochemistry.; Mathematical statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36809-7

This book presents the statistical analysis of compositional data sets, i.e., data in percentages, proportions, concentrations, etc. The subject is covered from its grounding principles to the practical use in descriptive exploratory analysis, robust linear models and advanced multivariate statistic...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Fundamental Concepts of Compositional Data Analysis
• Distributions for Random Compositions
• Descriptive Analysis of Compositional Data
• Linear Models for Compositions
• Multivariate Statistics
• Zeroes, Missings and Outliers
• References
• Index. �.