Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Correspondence analysis is a statistical method of analysis for cross-tabulated data by finding a geometrical representation.

Statement II: Well-known applications of correspondence analysis are presented by Pierre Bourdieu in Distinction.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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Answer 1

Both statements are true.

Correspondence analysis reveals the relative relationships between and within two groups of variables, based on data given in a contingency table (A contingency table is a 2-dimensional table with groups of variables on the rows and columns). Hence, Statement I is true.
Pierre Bourdieu applied geometric data analysis, as a part of multiple correspondence analysis of "the complete system of social relations that make up the true principle of the force and form specific to the effects recorded in such correlation" using correspondence analysis of the data. Well-known applications of correspondence analysis are presented by Pierre Bourdieu in Distinction. Hence, Statement II is correct.

Important Points

Pierre Bourdieu, a french sociologist, mainly concerned with the study of power and how it is transferred through generations, he calls it social reproduction.
His book, "Distinction : A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste" (1984) demonstrates that culture can be a legitimate object of scientific study. He attempted to reintegrate culture in the sense of "high culture" with the anthropological sense of culture, which looks at all its forms, both high and low.