APY4030

Psychology - multivariate data analysis

Professor Kim T Ng and Professor Grahame Coleman

One 2-hour lecture per week - First and second semesters - Caulfield

Objectives On the completion of this subject, students should have developed their understanding of the use of multivariate analysis techniques in an applied context, and their skills in interpretation and comprehension of results.

Synopsis Multiple regression and correlation. Principal components of factor analysis. Discriminant analysis. Classification procedures.

Assessment Multiple-choice test 1: 30% - Multiple-choice test 2: 30% - Assignment (2000 words): 40%

Prescribed texts

Tabachnick B and Fidell L Using multivariate statistics 3rd edn, Harper and Row, 1996

Back to the 1999 Science Handbook