| Abstract: | Some experimental methods applied to biological investigations allow to find a number q of homogeneous discrete components that determine a structure of the object in the study and the to establish the presence of some components from these q in compositions of other n objects. Such data form a nXq incidence matrix. In this paper a statistical approach is suggested for revealing the associated components in two different structures of the object. The procedure is based on joint consideration of two sampling incidence matrices. An application of this method is demonstrated by analysis of relationships between antigens and proteins of one strain of cyanobacteria. The method may be useful in different scientific areas, e.g. psychology, when direct experimental comparison of components from two structures is difficult. |
