STSCI 4100 - Multivariate Analysis

(crosslisted) BTRY 4100, ILRST 4100

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: BTRY 3020, BTRY 6020, or equivalent with BTRY 3080 or MATH 4710 also highly recommended.

M. Wells.

Theory and application of classical and modern multivariate methods to data arising in biology, sociology, economics, engineering and other fields. Topics include MANOVA, principal components, factor analysis, structural equations, discriminant analysis and clustering.

Outcome 1: Students will be able to explain the utility of multivariate methods for MANOVA, PCA, factor analysis, discriminant analysis and clustering.

Outcome 2: Students will be able to analyze multivariate data using modern statistical software.