<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">multivariate analysis</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>factor analysis</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>cluster analysis</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>principal component analysis</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>discriminant analysis</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>statistics</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>MVA</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>analysis, multivariate</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>multivariate data analysis</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>multivariate statistical analysis</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to a set of statistical techniques that analyze data sets with more than one variable when there is inherent interdependence between them. Techniques of multivariate analysis include cluster and factor analysis. Multivariate analysis is often used in archaeology, e.g. to aid classification of artifact compositional data. ]]></note></mads>