Nonlinear Multivariate Analysis (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) - Hardcover

Gifi, Albert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471926205 ISBN 13: 9780471926207

Publisher: Wiley, 1990

Synopsis

Presents a system of multivariate analysis techniques in cases where statistical data may be of different measurement levels such as nominal, ordinal or interval. It covers methods of studying the stability of these techniques, including resampling by the bootstrap and jackknife and discusses sensitivity analysis through first-order approximations. The alternating least squares algorithm is used as a general model and treated in detail for the most important special cases. Among techniques covered are correspondence analysis, principal components analysis, canonical correlation analysis and various ordination techniques. The exposition also includes historical overviews, basic theoretical results, algorithmic efficiency and applications. Emphasis is placed on graphical display and nonlinear transformation of variables is used to obtain simple displays.

About this title

Synopsis:

This is a programmatic statement of Gifi's general philosophy and the way in which it is implemented on the digital computer. It is a non-standard treatment of multivariate data analysis, with the emphasis on plotting observations and variables in low dimensional Euclidean space. Less emphasis than usual is given to regression and analysis of variance. The book is organized around various key techniques, and these techniques are identified with computer programs and the type of output they reproduce. The inferential methods of statistics are explicitly introduced as one of various ways in which the stability of data analysis tools can be investigated.

About the Author:

Albert Gifi is the author of Nonlinear Multivariate Analysis, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0471926205
• ISBN 13: 9780471926207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 600