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. | 
 
| 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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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:    
Statistical Methodology (MATH10095)  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
		| High Demand Course? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  180 | 
 
| 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 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
85 %,
Coursework
15 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Coursework 15%, Examination 85% | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | MATH10064 Multivariate Data Analysis | 2:00 |  |  
 
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.
 
     
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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. |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | MVDAn | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Victor Elvira Arregui 
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Course secretary | Miss Greta Mazelyte 
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