AN INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS

01 febrero, 2010 en 3:15 p. m.

Having taught applied multivariate statistics for a number of years, we have been impressed by the broad spectrum of topics that one may be expected to typically cover in a graduate course for students from departments outside of mathematics and statistics. Multivariate statistics has developed over the past few decades into a very extensive field that is hard to master in a single course, even for students aiming at methodological specialization in commonly considered applied fields, such as those within the behavioral, social, and educational disciplines. To meet this challenge, we tried to identify a core set of topics in multivariate statistics, which would be both of fundamental relevance for its understanding and at the same time would allow the student to move on to more advanced pursuits