STSCI 4100 - Multivariate Analysis

(crosslisted)
(also BTRY 4100, ILRST 4100)

Spring. 4 credits. S–U or letter grade option.

Prerequisite: ILRST 3120 , STSCI 2200, or equivalent; some knowledge of matrix-based regression analysis.

Staff.

Discusses techniques of multivariate statistical analysis techniques and illustrates them using examples from various fields. Emphasizes applications and computer packages, but theory is not ignored. Topics include multivariate normal distribution, sample geometry and multivariate distances, inference about a mean vector, comparison of several multivariate means and covariances; principal component analysis; factor analysis; canonical correlation analysis; discriminant analysis; and clustering.