Multivariate Inference

By Richard E. Bellman

Book Overview

Multivariate analysis seeks to discover or test patterns in data. It is used to gain information despite a multiplicity of variables. Multivariate descriptive techniques enable scientists to look beneath the surface of a statistical system and extract its essence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471571512
• ISBN13: 9780471571513
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

nice modern treatment

Rencher covers the basics of multivariate analysis based on multivariate normal theory. It is a graduate text in statistics much like the classic of Ted Anderson. It covers Hotelling's T square, the multivariate analysis of variance, discriminant analysis and classification, multivariate regression, canonical correlation, principal components and factor analysis. In addition to the standard stuff he also discusses robust methods...