hmfa {SensoMineR}R Documentation

Hierarchical Multiple Factor Analysis

Description

Performs a hierarchical multiple factor analysis, using an object of class list of data.frame.

Usage

hmfa(X, H, num = 6, coord = c(1,2))

Arguments

X a data.frame
H a list with one vector for each hierarchical level; in each vector the number of variables or the number of group constituting the group
num number of graphs for the partial plots in one window
coord a length 2 vector specifying the components to plot

Details

Value

Returns a list including:

hmfa an object all the results of the hmfa
coord.partial a list of lists of matrix

Author(s)

Sébastien Lê

References

Le Dien, S. & Pagès, J. (2003) Hierarchical Multiple factor analysis: application to the comparison of sensory profiles, Food Quality and Preferences, 18 (6), 453-464.

Examples

 
data(sensopanels)
reshmfa<-hmfa(sensopanels, H = list(rep(14,7),c(4,3)))

[Package SensoMineR version 1.03 Index]