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CE_24C Tue, 7/31/2012, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM HQ-Indigo 202A
Principles and Applications of Multivariate Analysis — Continuing Education Course
ASA
Instructor(s): Peter Bajorski, Rochester Institute of Technology
This course is a review of fundamentals of multivariate analysis. In addition to general understanding of variability in multiple variables, we discuss the classic tools of principal component analysis (PCA), canonical correlation, and classification. We will also discuss more modern concepts of independent component analysis and nonnegative PCA. The course is for those who either already took a course in multivariate analysis, but never developed an intuitive feel for it, or for those who never took the course and would like to learn it now. For the first group, this course will provide the geometric and intuitive way of thinking about multiple dimensions and finally make it all click into a coherent approach. For the second group, this course is a great starting point before they embark on a more formal and deeper study of any of the topics in multivariate analysis, including both the classic and modern methods. The course provides many examples of analyses of high dimensional data, including spectral and imaging type of data. The R code will be provided, but the knowledge of R is not required. The participants are expected to know the basics of linear and matrix algebra and univariate statistical inference.



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