REDUCING THE DISSIMILARITY BETWEEN A FIRST MULTIVARIATE DATA SET AND A SECOND MULTIVARIATE DATA SET

摘要

A categorization data structure is described that relates to two groups of individuals. For each of two or more categories, the data structure contains (1) information identifying individuals of the first group assigned to the category, and (2) information identifying individuals of the second group assigned to the category. For each category, the information can be used to adjust the individuals of the first group assigned to the category based upon comparing the proportion of all of the individuals of the second group that are assigned to the category to the proportion of all of the individuals of the first group that are assigned to the category.