TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Bruce TI - Multivariate analysis for the biobehavioral and social sciences: a graphical approach SN - 9781118131626 AV - HA29 .B82857 2012 U1 - 300.1/519535 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Multivariate analysis KW - Multivariate Analysis KW - Statistics as Topic KW - Social Sciences KW - Behavioral Research KW - MATHEMATICS KW - Probability & Statistics KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Frontmatter -- Overview of Multivariate and Regression Methods -- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Quants: A Review of Elementary Statistics Using Matrix Algebra -- Fundamentals of Matrix Algebra -- Factor Analysis and Related Methods: Quintessentially Multivariate -- Multivariate Graphics -- Canonical Correlation: The Underused Method -- Hotelling's as the Simplest Case of Multivariate Inference -- Multivariate Analysis of Variance -- Multiple Regression and the General Linear Model -- Appendices: Statistical Tables -- Name Index -- Subject Index N2 - Multivariate Analysis for the Social Sciences provides clear guidelines combined with the insight needed to understand the methods and applications of multivariate statistics. This easy-to-follow book provides students in social, behavioral, and health science-whose focus is not primarily in mathematics-with an abundance of chapter-ending questions and answers, including: conceptual questions about the meaning of each method; questions that test the reader's ability to carry out the computational procedures on simple datasets; and data analysis questions for using analytical packages to analyze both simplest case data and also to practice with more realistic datasets UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118131626 ER -