Methods for Statistical Data Analysis of Multivariate Observations

A practical guide for multivariate statistical techniques— now updated and revised
In recent years, innovations in computer technology and statistical methodologies have dramatically altered the landscape of multivariate data analysis. This new edition of Methods for Statistical Data Analysis of Multivariate Observations explores current multivariate concepts and techniques while retaining the same practical focus of its predecessor. It integrates methods and data–based interpretations relevant to multivariate analysis in a way that addresses real–world problems arising in many areas of interest.
Greatly revised and updated, this Second Edition provides helpful examples, graphical orientation, numerous illustrations, and an appendix detailing statistical software, including the S (or Splus) and SAS systems. It also offersAn expanded chapter on cluster analysis that covers advances in pattern recognitionNew sections on inputs to clustering algorithms and aids for interpreting the results of cluster analysisAn exploration of some new techniques of summarization and exposureNew graphical methods for assessing the separations among the eigenvalues of a correlation matrix and for comparing sets of eigenvectorsKnowledge gained from advances in robust estimation and distributional models that are slightly broader than the multivariate normal
This Second Edition is invaluable for graduate students, applied statisticians, engineers, and scientists wishing to use multivariate techniques in a variety of disciplines.

Spis treści:
Reduction of Dimensionality.
Development and Study of Multivariate Dependencies.
Multidimensional Classification and Clustering.
Assessment of Specific Aspects of Multivariate Statistical Models.
Summarization and Exposure.
References.
Appendix.
Indexes.

Nota biograficzna:
R. GNANADESIKAN, PhD, is a professor in the Departm ent of Statistics at Rutgers University. He received his doctorate from the University of North Carolina. A former chairperson of Section U of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and past president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, he is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Statistical Society, and the ASA. Professor Gnanadesikan is the author of more than 75 technical publications and author/editor of three previous books.

Okładka tylna:
A practical guide for multivariate statistical techniques— now updated and revised
In recent years, innovations in computer technology and statistical methodologies have dramatically altered the landscape of multivariate data analysis. This new edition of Methods for Statistical Data Analysis of Multivariate Observations explores current multivariate concepts and techniques while retaining the same practical focus of its predecessor. It integrates methods and data–based interpretations relevant to multivariate analysis in a way that addresses real–world problems arising in many areas of interest.
Greatly revised and updated, this Second Edition provides helpful examples, graphical orientation, numerous illustrations, and an appendix detailing statistical software, including the S (or Splus) and SAS systems. It also offersAn expanded chapter on cluster analysis that covers advances in pattern recognitionNew sections on inputs to clustering algorithms and aids for interpreting the results of cluster analysisAn exploration of some new techniques of summarization and exposureNew graphical methods for assessing the separations among the eigenvalues of a correlation matrix and for comparing sets of eigenvectorsKnowledge gained from advances in robust estimation and distributional models that are slightly broader than the multivariate normal
This Second Edition is invaluable for graduate student s, applied statisticians, engineers, and scientists wishing to use multivariate techniques in a variety of disciplines.