Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis

A. A. Afifi, Virginia Clark

ISBN 10: 0442239440 / ISBN 13: 9780442239442

Published by New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1990., 1990

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ISBN 0442239440. Hardback Textbook, with dustjacket. Not the current edition. Tight sound copy in very good condition with no apparent markings to the book, minor edgewear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis
• Publisher: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1990.
• Publication Date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0442239440
• ISBN 13: 9780442239442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Later Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included
• Signed: No Signature
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computers

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Synopsis

Increasingly, researchers need to perform multivariate statistical analyses on their data. Unfortunately, a lack of mathematical training prevents many from taking advantage of these advanced techniques, in part, because books focus on the theory and neglect to explain how to perform and interpret multivariate analyses on real-life data.
For years, Afifi and Clark's Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis has been a welcome exception-helping researchers choose the appropriate analyses for their data, carry them out, and interpret the results. Only a limited knowledge of statistics is assumed, and geometrical and graphical explanations are used to explain what the analyses do. However, the basic model is always given, and assumptions are discussed.
Reflecting the increased emphasis on computers, the Third Edition includes three additional statistical packages written for the personal computer. The authors also discuss data entry, database management, data screening, data transformations, as well as multivariate data analysis. Another new chapter focuses on log-linear analysis of multi-way frequency tables.
Students in a wide range of fields-ranging from psychology, sociology, and physical sciences to public health and biomedical science-will find Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis especially informative and enlightening.

Review

For the past 20 years, whenever I had and occasion to review a multivariate methodthis was the book that I grabbed first. These books kept the mathematical content to the minimally necessary material and used a wealth of nice examples. One of its attractions is that it is a practical text that works well with nonstatisticians who have had a decent statistics course. It also continues to be an excellent book for the statistician's bookshelf. Technometrics, November 2004 "This book is an excellent presentation of computer-aided multivariate analysis. I believe that it will be a very useful addition to any scholarly libraryit provides a comprehensive introduction to available techniques for analyzing data of this form, written in a style that should appeal to non-specialists as well as to statisticians." -Zentralblatt MATH 105