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<p>In this paper, the fuzzy data are firstly condensed using principal component analysis, and the main component information is extracted using the covariance formula while retaining the original data. Then, clustering is applied to classify the indicators and detect the correlation between the data. Finally, the internal relationships in the original data are studied by factor analysis, and the accumulated and analyzed data are processed by dimensionality reduction to extract the main features and observe the main factors affecting the characteristic variables. The results show that the folk beliefs of the Macau people have gradually tended to localize from Westernization due to the influence of traditional Chinese ideology and culture. Among them, belief in Buddhism occupies 51.9%, while Catholicism and Christianity are only 6.7% and 2.3%, respectively.</p>
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In this paper, the fuzzy data are firstly condensed using principal component analysis, and the main component information is extracted using the covariance formula while retaining the original data. Then, clustering is applied to classify the indicators and detect the correlation between the data. Finally, the internal relationships in the original data are studied by factor analysis, and the accumulated and analyzed data are processed by dimensionality reduction to extract the main features and observe the main factors affecting the characteristic variables. The results show that the folk beliefs of the Macau people have gradually tended to localize from Westernization due to the influence of traditional Chinese ideology and culture. Among them, belief in Buddhism occupies 51.9%, while Catholicism and Christianity are only 6.7% and 2.3%, respectively.

Inheritance and Changes of Historical Folk Beliefs in Macao Based on Statistical Analysis

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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In this paper, the fuzzy data are firstly condensed using principal component analysis, and the main component information is extracted using the covariance...

Inheritance and Changes of Historical Folk Beliefs in Macao Based on Statistical Analysis

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Nov. 2023

Seitenbereich: -

Eingereicht: 10. Dez. 2022

Akzeptiert: 22. Mai 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2023.2.01087

Schlüsselwörter
Statistical analysis, Folk beliefs, Principal component analysis, Cluster analysis, Factor analysis

© 2023 Jiehua Zhong et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Inheritance and Changes of Historical Folk Beliefs in Macao Based on Statistical Analysis

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Nov. 2023

Seitenbereich: -

Eingereicht: 10. Dez. 2022

Akzeptiert: 22. Mai 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2023.2.01087

SchlüsselwörterStatistical analysis, Folk beliefs, Principal component analysis, Cluster analysis, Factor analysis

© 2023 Jiehua Zhong et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Statistical analysis, Folk beliefs, Principal component analysis, Cluster analysis, Factor analysis