James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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MA3405:03

Multivariate Statistical Methods

Townsville

Prerequisites: MA2405

39 lectures, 26 hours practicals. First semester.

Staff: Assoc. Professor D Coomans.

Multivariate descriptive statistics, linear models and MANOVA, principal components, correspondence, factor, discriminant, canonical correlation and cluster analysis. Use of packaged statistics software.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to give the student a firm understanding of statistical methods, essential for extracting information from multivariate and “real world” data.

Assessment by coursework (tests and assignments) (30%); a three-hour examination (70%).


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