1st Edition

The Geometry of Multivariate Statistics

By Thomas D. Wickens Copyright 1995
174 Pages
by Psychology Press

174 Pages
by Psychology Press

176 Pages
by Psychology Press

A traditional approach to developing multivariate statistical theory is algebraic. Sets of observations are represented by matrices, linear combinations are formed from these matrices by multiplying them by coefficient matrices, and useful statistics are found by imposing various criteria of optimization on these combinations. Matrix algebra is the vehicle for these calculations. A second approach... Read more
Contents: Variable Space and Subject Space. Some Vector Geometry. Bivariate Regression. Multiple Regression. Configurations of Regression Vectors. Statistical Tests. Conditional Relationships. The Analysis of Variance. Principal-component Analysis. Canonical Correlation.

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"The book is nicely written and proceeds step by step from bivariate regression to more complicated multivariate methods."
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