normal analysis Groupings based on analysis of the attributes describing individuals (e.g. in plant ecology, the grouping of sample sites by analysis of their species composition). The term is particularly applied to numerical vegetation classification, and sometimes implies a plot, as distinct from species, classification. See also R-TECHNIQUE; Compare INVERSE ANALYSIS and Q-TECHNIQUE.

normal analysis Groupings based on analysis of the attributes describing individuals (e.g. in plant ecology, the grouping of sample sites by analysis of their species composition). The term is particularly applied to numerical vegetation classification, and sometimes implies a plot, as distinct from species, classification. See also R technique. Compare inverse analysis and Q technique.