Research Catalog

Title

Computer-aided multivariate analysis / A.A. Afifi, Virginia Clark.

Author

Afifi, A. A. (Abdelmonem A.), 1939-

Publication

Belmont, Calif. : Lifetime Learning Publications, c1984.

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Additional Authors

Clark, Virginia, 1928-

Description

xvi, 458 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis, enables researchers and students with limited mathematical backgrounds to understand the concepts underlying multivariate statistical analysis, perform analysis using statistical packages, and understand the output. New topics include Loess and Poisson regression, nominal and ordinal logistic regression, interpretation of interactions in logistic and survival analysis, and imputation for missing values.

Subject

• Multivariate Analysis
• Multivariate analysis > Data processing
• Statistics as Topic

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 436-449.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. What is multivariate analysis? -- Characterizing data for future analyses -- Preparing for data analysis -- Data screening and data transformation -- Selecting appropriate analyses -- pt. 2. Simple linear regression and correlation: examining relationships between two variables -- Multiple regression and correlation: examining linear relations between one variable and many variables -- Variable selection in regression analysis -- Nonlinear regression analysis -- Recent advances in regression analysis -- pt. 3. Discriminant analysis: classifying individuals -- Logistic regression: another method of classification -- Principal components analysis: restructuring data -- Factor analysis: further understanding of underlying data structure -- Canonical correlation analysis: examining linear relationships between two sets of variables -- Cluster analysis: empirical grouping of individuals -- Appendix A: statistical tables -- Appendix B: Lung function data.

ISBN

0534027865 :

LCCN

^^^83023882^

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