TY - BOOK AU - Spencer, Neil H. TI - Essentials of multivariate data analysis SN - 9781466584785 U1 - 519.535 PY - 2014/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC/Chapman and Hall KW - PL N1 - 1.Frequently asked questions -- 2.Graphical presentation of multivariate data -- 3.Multivariate tests of significance -- 4.Factor analysis -- 5.Cluster analysis -- 6.Discriminant analysis -- 7.Multidimensional scaling -- 8.Correspondence analysis N2 - this text provides an overview at an introductory level of several methods in multivariate data analysis. It contains in-depth examples from one data set woven throughout the text, and a free [Excel] Add-In to perform the analyses in Excel, with step-by-step instructions provided for each technique. ... could be used as a text (possibly supplemental) for courses in other fields where researchers wish to apply these methods without delving too deeply into the underlying statistics ER -