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Indices of agreement relative to categorical variables. (English) Zbl 0861.62046

Summary: The author proposes a new index of agreement relative to categorical variables. Substantially he first transforms the variables in the matrix of the principal components. Then he calculates the sum of the differences, in absolute value, of the primary components of \((n-1)\) statistical units from those of the statistical unit having unitary components. This sum is divided by the maximum that is calculated in this paper.

MSC:

62H25 Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis
62H99 Multivariate analysis