Applications to Real Case Studies
This chapter is mainly devoted to practical applications. In particular we present an application concerning the facial expression of emotion along with a case study aimed at analyzing aortic valve morphology. We also introduce two innovative topics: biometric morphing and nonparametric iterated combination for paired data. In practice, the result of the application of the NPC tests described in the previous chapters depends also on the choice of the combining function. Every combining function has its own characteristics and can be preferable to others in specific situations. As a consequence, results may differ slightly depending on which combining function is used. Sometimes, especially with categorical variables, different combining functions may lead to different results in terms of statistical significance. To remove these differences and assess the useful properties of many different types of combinations, the iterated combining procedure can be applied.
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