MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS

The purpose of this monograph is to provide a nontechnical introduction to Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) as a method in its own right; no prior knowledge of Correspondence Analysis (CA) is needed. The presentation will be practically oriented and with the needs of research in mind: gathering relevant data, formulating questions of interest, and linking statistical interpretation to geometric representations. The procedures will be presented in detail using a real example, stressing the unique capacity of \textsc{mca} to handle full--scale research studies