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How to perform a correspondence analysis: a short guide to archaeological practice
How to perform a correspondence analysis a short guide to archaeological practice Author:Frank Siegmund This is a text book about seriation and correspondence analysis (CA), written by an archaeologist for archaeologists ? although the method isn?t restricted to this field. In archaeology, CA is often used to detect the chronological sequence of find assemblages from graves, layers, or features within settlements and their embedded artefact types.... more » The CA will propose an optimal sequence for the rows (assemblages) and columns (types) for such a table. The book gives a short introduction into the theory of CA and an overview over the available software. The practical exercises are based on the software PAST, which is available for free and runs under MS-Windows and on MACs. With some small test data sets as example, all the typical questions of novices are discussed and many practical advices are given. At the end of this tutorial one is able to successfully apply a CA to an own, real research project.« less