Analyzing Compositional Data with R

• Main Authors: van den Boogaart, K. Gerald (Author), Tolosana-Delgado, Raimon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Use R!
• Subjects: Statistics.; Geochemistry.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

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.  .