The MFA was developed by [[Brigitte Escofier-Cordier|Brigitte Escofier]] and Jérôme Pagès in the 1980s. It is at the heart of two books written by these authors:
{{Harvsp<ref>Escofier | text = EscofierBrigitte & Pagès, Jérôme (2008). |Analyses idfactorielles =simples Escofieret &multiples Pagès}}; andobjectifs, {{Harvspméthodes |et textinterprétation. Dunod, Paris. 318 p. isbn=978-2-10-051932-3</ref> and <ref>Pagès Jérôme (2014). |Multiple idFactor =Analysis by Example Using Pagès2014}}R. Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series, London. 272p </ref>. The MFA and its extensions (hierarchical MFA, MFA on contingency tables, etc.) are a research topic of applied mathematics laboratory Agrocampus ([http://math.agrocampus-ouest.fr LMA ²]) which published a book presenting basic methods of exploratory multivariate analysis <ref> Husson F., Lê S. & Pagès J. (2009). Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R. Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series, London. isbn=978-2-7535-0938-2</ref>.
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* {{cite book | author=Jérôme Pagès|title= Multiple Factor Analysis by Example Using R | publisher = Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series |___location= London | year =2014|pages =272 | id=Pagès2014}}
* {{ cite book | author1=Brigitte Escofier | author2=Jérôme Pagès|title=Analyses factorielles simples et multiples ; objectifs, méthodes et interprétation | publisher = Dunod |___location= Paris | year =2008|pages =318 |isbn=978-2-10-051932-3|id= Escofier&Pagès}}
* {{ cite book | author1=François Husson| author2=Sébastien Lê |author3=Jérôme Pagès|title= Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R | publisher = Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series |___location= London | year =2009|pages =224 |isbn=978-2-7535-0938-2|id = HussonLêPagès}}
