Title: The essence of multivariate thinking : basic themes and methods /
Authors: Harlow, Lisa Lavoie, 1951-
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Multivariate analysis; Psychology Mathematical models
Abstract: The Essence of Multivariate Thinking is intended to make multivariate statistics more accessible to a wide audience. To encourage a more thorough understanding of multivariate methods, author Lisa Harlow suggests basic themes that run through most statistical methodology. The most pervasive theme is multiplicity. The author argues that the use of multivariate methods encourages multiple ways of investigating phenomena.
Contents: 1. Overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Multivariate themes -- 3. Background themes -- II. Intermediate multivariate methods with 1 continuous outcome -- 4. Multiple regression -- 5. Analysis of covariance -- III. Matrices -- 6. Matrices and multivariate methods -- IV. Multivariate group methods -- 7. Multivariate analysis of variance -- 8. Discriminant function analysis -- 9. Logistic regression -- V. Multivariate correlation methods with continuous variables -- 10. Canonical correlation -- 11. Principal components and factor analysis -- VI. Summary -- 12. Integration of multivariate methods.