James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2004

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MA3405:03

Multivariate Statistical Methods

Townsville

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 13 hours practice classes. Semester 2. (Additional lectures may be offered.) This subject may be offered in flexible delivery mode if the class size is small.

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:

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%); examination (70%).