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On the prehistory of Correspondence Analysis
Author(s) -
Leeuw J. de
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1983.tb00810.x
Subject(s) - correspondence analysis , multiple correspondence analysis , mathematics , value (mathematics) , prehistory , correspondence problem , singular value decomposition , statistics , history , computer science , artificial intelligence , archaeology , algorithm
The early history of correspondence analysis is reviewed. It is shown that K. P earson came very close to discovering correspondence analysis in 1906. That he did not actually discover it may be because he was not familiar with the singular value decomposition, which is the basic existence result in correspondence analysis.