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Chapter 19. Multivariate Analysis: An Overview. Learning Objectives. Understand . . . How to classify and select multivariate techniques. That multiple regression predicts a metric dependent variable from a set of metric independent variables.
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Chapter 19 Multivariate Analysis: An Overview
Learning Objectives Understand . . . • How to classify and select multivariate techniques. • That multiple regression predicts a metric dependent variable from a set of metric independent variables. • That discriminant analysis classifies people or objects into categorical groups using several metric predictors.
Learning Objectives Understand . . . • How multivariate analysis of variance assesses the relationship between two or more metric dependent variables and independent classificatory variables. • How structural equation modeling explains causality among constructs that cannot be directly measured.
Learning Objectives Understand . . . • How conjoint analysis assists researchers to discover the most importance attributes and the levels of desirable features. • How principal components analysis extracts uncorrelated factors from an initial set of variables and exploratory factor analysis reduces the number of variables to discover the underlying constructs.
Learning Objectives Understand . . . • The use of cluster analysis techniques for grouping similar objects or people. • How perceptions of products or services are revealed numerically and geometrically by multidimensional scaling.
Prying with Purpose “Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” Zora Neal Hurston Anthropologist and author
Classifying Multivariate Techniques Dependency Interdependency
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Dependency Techniques Multiple Regression Discriminant Analysis MANOVA Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Conjoint Analysis
Uses of Multiple Regression Develop self-weighting estimating equation to predict values for a DV Control for confounding Variables Test and explain causal theories
Selection Methods Forward Backward Stepwise
Evaluating and Dealing with Multicollinearity Choose one of the variables and delete the other Create a new variable that is a composite of the others
Discriminant Analysis A. B.
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Model Specification Estimation Evaluation of Fit Respecification of the Model Interpretation and Communication
Interdependency Techniques Factor Analysis Cluster Analysis Multidimensional Scaling
Cluster Analysis Select sample to cluster Define variables Compute similarities Select mutually exclusive clusters Compare and validate cluster
Average linkage method Backward elimination Beta weights Centroid Cluster analysis Collinearity Communality Confirmatory factor analysis Conjoint analysis Dependency techniques Discriminant analysis Dummy variable Eigenvalue Factor analysis Key Terms
Factors Forward selection Holdout sample Interdependency techniques Loadings Metric measures Multicollinearity Multidimensional scaling (MDS) Multiple regression Multivariate analysis Multivaria analysis of variance (MANOVA) Nonmetric measures Path analysis Key Terms (cont.)
Path diagram Principal components analysis Rotation Specification error Standardized coefficients Stepwise selection Stress index Structural equation modeling Utility score Key Terms (cont.)