title: “FactoMineR”
author: “Fran\ccois Husson”
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Introduction
The FactoMineR package is a package dedicated to exploratory multivariate data analysis using R.
One of the main reasons for developing this package is that we felt a need for a multivariate
approach closer to our practice via:
- the introduction of “supplementary'' information;
- the use of a more geometrical point of view than the one
usually adopted by most of the Anglo-American practitioners.
Another reason is that obviously it represents a convenient way to
implement new methodologies (or methodologies dedicated to the
advanced practitioner) as the ones we're presenting thereafter
that take into account different structure on the data such as:
- a partition on the variables;
- a partition on the individuals;
- a hierarchy structure on the variables.
You can see more information about the package with the paper published in
the Journal of Statistical Software:
http://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v025i01/