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 Undergraduate Course: Multivariate Data Analysis (MATH10064)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics | College | College of Science and Engineering |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | Availability | Available to all students |  
| SCQF Credits | 10 | ECTS Credits | 5 |  
 
| Summary | Optional course for the Honours Degrees in Mathematics & Statistics and Economics & Statistics and MSc in Statistics and OR. Syllabus summary:
 
 - Estimation and Hypothesis Testing for multivariate normal data;
 - Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis;
 - Discriminant Analysis;
 - Cluster Analysis,
 - Correspondence Analysis.
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| Course description | Multivariate normal distribution; maximum likelihood estimation, Wishart's distribution, Hotelling's T2 and hypothesis testing for multivariate normal data. 
 Principal Components Analysis and derivation of principal components; PCA structural model; PCA on normal populations; biplots; Factor Analysis orthogonal factor model; estimation and factor rotation.
 
 Linear discriminant analysis; Fisher's method, discrimination with two groups; discrimination with several groups.
 
 Hierarchical clustering methods, measures of distance, non-hierarchical methods, model-based clustering.
 
 Concepts of correspondence analysis, chi-square distance and inertia, multiple correspondence analysis
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Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None |  
		| High Demand Course? | Yes |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Semester 2 |  Timetable | Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | Total Hours:
100
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 Lecture Hours 22,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
 Summative Assessment Hours 2,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
69 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
95 %,
Coursework
5 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | Coursework 5%, Examination 95% |  
| Feedback | Not entered |  
| Exam Information |  
    | Exam Diet | Paper Name | Hours & Minutes |  |  
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Multivariate Data Analysis | 3:00 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
| On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
        Understand underlying theory for the analysis of multivariate data.Choose appropriate procedures for multivariate analysis.Use the R language to carry out analyses.Interpret the output of such analyses. |  
Reading List 
| Johnson, R.A., Wichern, D.W., 2007. Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis (6th edition), Pearson Prentice Hall. 
 Manly, B.F.J, 2005. Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Primer (3rd edition), Chapman & Hall/CRC.
 
 Everitt, B.S., Dunn, G., 2010. Applied Multivariate Data Analysis (2nd edition), Wiley.
 
 Everitt, B.S., Hothorn, T., 2011. An introduction to Applied Multivariate Analysis with R, Springer.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Not entered |  
| Keywords | MVDAn |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Javier Palarea-Albaladejo Tel:
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 | Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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