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Chapter 9
Orthogonal Comparison
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taxonomies lead directly to
connections through the use of orthogonal comparison. ese con-
nections are oen evidence of some fundamental relationship that oen
enables signicant insights about the organization contained within the
information space. A high degree of co-occurrence is the rst symptom
of a connection. Co-occurrence means that two dierent categories or
entities occur together. To nd the best connections, a proper statisti-
cal analysis should be employed, that is, one that does not simply look at
the size of a particular co-occurrence but also takes the context of ...