Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: mca
Version: 1.0.2
Summary: Multiple correspondence analysis with pandas
Home-page: https://github.com/esafak/mca
Author: Emre Safak
Author-email: misteremre@yahoo.com
License: BSD
Download-URL: https://github.com/esafak/mca/tarball/master
Description: ===============================
        mca
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        mca is a `Multiple Correspondence Analysis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_correspondence_analysis>`_ (MCA) package for python, intended to be used with `pandas <http://pandas.pydata.org/>`_. MCA is a `feature extraction <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_extraction>`_ method; essentially `PCA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_component_analysis>`_ for `categorical variables <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_variable>`_. You can use it, for example, to address `multicollinearity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicollinearity>`_ or the `curse of dimensionality <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_dimensionality>`_ with big categorical variables.
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        .. code :: bash
        
        	pip install --user mca
        
        Usage
        ------------------
        
        Please refer to the `usage notes <https://github.com/esafak/mca/blob/master/docs/usage.rst>`_ and `this illustrated ipython notebook <http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/esafak/mca/blob/master/docs/mca-BurgundiesExample.ipynb>`_.
        
        Reference
        ---------
        
        Michael Greenacre, Jörg Blasius (2006). `Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods <http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781584886280>`_, CRC Press. ISBN 1584886285.
        
        
        
        
        History
        -------
        
        * **1.0** (2014-06-24)
        	First release. I'm sure it's an auspicious date somewhere in the world.
        * **1.01** (2015-03-23)
        	More documentation, in the form of an ipython notebook. Fixed bug #2 affecting python 2.x
        * **1.02** (2017-07-29)
        	Fixed division-by-zero bug (issue #14)
Keywords: mca,statistics
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
