Chapter 7
Studying Multivariate Categorical Data
Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading.
Herman Melville (Moby Dick)
Summary
Chapter 7 discusses ways of displaying combinations of categorical variables using various types of mosaicplot.
7.1 Introduction
One-dimensional displays for categorical data like barcharts and piecharts were discussed in Chapter 4. Displays for multivariate categorical data have been discussed in research publications, but have received less attention in applications. The many splendid books on the analysis of categorical data generally include few graphics. The ideal is to display the counts of cases in the multivariate combinations in an informative and easy to interpret way.
When there are several ...
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