Multiple correspondence analysis: one only or several techniques?

The history of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a curious one: in about 80 years, it has been invented and re-invented by different authors independently of each other. After a brief historical account of MCA, the present article intends comparing the various techniques based on the multiple correspondence analysis systems provided by two main schools: the French and the Dutch.The history of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a curious one: in about 80 years, it has been invented and re-invented by different authors independently of each other. After a brief historical account of MCA, the present article intends comparing the various techniques based on the multiple correspondence analysis systems provided by two main schools: the French and the Dutch