Statistics Help Please
finalshelpStat 717 Multivariate Analysis Fall, 2012
Monday, 5:35-7:25 PM
Office Hours: Mon and Weds: 5:00-5:30 and 7:30-8:00 PM, and by appointment
Prerequisite: Linear algebra, two semesters of statistics
The recommended text is Multivariate Data Analysis (7th Edition) by Joseph F. Hair (Author), William C. Black (Author), Barry J. Babin (Author), Rolph E. Anderson Older, used editions are fine, though the chapter citations below are from this edition. Used copies can be found at abe.com; editions 5-7 are fine. Outlines and Powerpoint decks for chapters will be provided, as will frequent examples and additional readings.
Weeks 1 |
Data Screening and Transformation (Chaps 1-2) |
Week 2 |
Interdependence vs. Dependence Techniques (Chaps 1-2) |
Weeks 3-4 |
Factor Analysis and Principal Components (Chap 3) |
Week 5 |
Discriminant Analysis (Chap 5) |
Week 6 |
Clustering (Chap 9) |
Week 7 |
Multidimensional Scaling (Chap 10) |
Week 8 |
Canonical Correlation (Chap 7) |
Week 9 |
Multivariate ANOVA (Chap 6) |
Week 10 |
Conjoint Analysis (Chap 8) |
Week 11 |
Multivariate Regression (Chap 4) |
Week 12 |
Robust Analyses and Validation (Assigned readings) |
Week 13 |
Projection Pursuit (Assigned readings) |
Weeks 14-15 |
“Data Mining” (Assigned readings) |
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The software recommended for use is R, free at http://www.r-project.org/ which also has free R books, my favorite being Everitt and Horton, at http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Descriptions/HSAUR.html
Your grades will be based on the analysis of 10 data sets. Submission of partial work during the term for comment is encouraged.