Shalabh
shalab@iitk.ac.in
shalabh1@yahoo.com
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208016 (India)

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MTH 314A : Multivariate Analysis

Prerequisites: MTH211A (Theory of Statistics) or MTH418A (Inference 1)

Syllabus:
Basic properties of random vector: CDF and PDF of random vectors - Moments - Characteristics functions Orthogonal and Polar transformations Generalization of univariate distribution (Multinomial, Dirichlet).
Normal Distribution Theory: Normal data matrix (NDM): characterization and properties Linear forms - Transformation of NDMs, Wishart Distribution, The Hotelling's T2 Distribution
Estimation and Testing:  Maximum likelihood estimation Likelihood ratio test - Union intersection test Simultaneous confidence intervals.
Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA): Formulation of multivariate one-way classification Likelihood ratio principle
Principal Component Analysis: Principal components - Sampling properties of principal components - Principal component projections.
Factor Analysis: The factor model - Principal factor analysis - Maximum likelihood factor analysis - Goodness of fit - rotation of factors - factor scores
Canonical correlation analysis: Population and sample canonical correlation vectors, variables and coefficients and their properties.
Discrimination Analysis: Fisher's LDA - QDA - Probabilities of misclassification
Cluster Analysis: Distances and similarities - Hierarchical methods - K-means method
 

Books to be followed:

Anderson, T. W. (2003). An Introduction to Multivariate Statistical Analysis. United Kingdom: Wiley.

Johnson, R. A., Wichern, D. W. (2019). Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis. United Kingdom: Pearson
 

Other References:
Mardia, K. V., Bibby, J. M., Kent, J. T. (1979). Multivariate Analysis. United Kingdom: Academic Press.

Muirhead, R. J. (2009). Aspects of Multivariate Statistical Theory. Germany: Wiley.

Hastie, T., Friedman, J., Tibshirani, R. (2009). The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction. Germany: Springer New York.

Brenner, D., Bilodeau, M. (1999). Theory of Multivariate Statistics. Germany: Springer.

B.S. Everitt, S. Landau, M. Leese, D. Stahl. Cluster Analysis, Wiley.
 

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Grading Scheme: Quiz- 30%,   Mid Sem.- 30%   End Sem.- 40%

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