Subcompositional coherence and a novel proportionality index of parts

Research in compositional data analysis was motivated by spurious (Pearson) correlation. Spurious results are due to semantic incoherence, but the question of ways to relate parts in a statistically consistent way remains open. To solve this problem we frst defne a coherent system of functions with...

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Autores: Egozcue Rubí, Juan José|||0000-0002-5144-4483, Pawlowsky Glahn, Vera
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/408220
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/408220
https://dx.doi.org/10.57645/20.8080.02.7
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Distribution (Probability theory)
Probabilities
Compositional data analysis
Aitchison geometry
Simplex
Compositional parts
Proportionality
Dominance
Correlation
Probabilitats
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Probabilitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica::Anàlisi multivariant
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Sumario:Research in compositional data analysis was motivated by spurious (Pearson) correlation. Spurious results are due to semantic incoherence, but the question of ways to relate parts in a statistically consistent way remains open. To solve this problem we frst defne a coherent system of functions with respect to a subcomposition and analyze the space of parts. This leads to understanding why measures like covariance and correlation depend on the subcomposition considered, while measures like the distance between parts are independent of the same. It allows the defnition of a novel index of proportionality between parts.