STSCI 4100 - Multivariate Analysis

(crosslisted) BTRY 4100, ILRST 4100
(SDS-AS)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: BTRY 3080 or equivalent, BTRY 3020 or BTRY 6020. Co-meets with STSCI 5111.

X. Yang.

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.