Statistical Modeling & Regression · Multivariate Analysis

Multivariate analysis: Inference and hypothesis testing · Advanced statistics

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Introduction

What this guide covers

Introduction Advanced Inference Module

Overview

Topics covered

  • Introduction
  • Multivariate Analysis: Inference and Testing of Mathematical Hypotheses
  • Matrix structure and multivariate operator algebra
  • The multivariate normal distribution (MVN)
  • 2.1 The Mahalanobis Distance
  • 2.2 Fundamental Properties of the Multivariate Normal Distribution

Related concepts

Main connections

  • Linear algebra & matrices
  • Maximum likelihood estimation
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Variance & standard deviation
  • Mean & expected value
  • Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Compatible notation

Mathematical sample in LaTeX

The expression is rendered accessibly, with its LaTeX source preserved below.

𝐗=[ x11x12…x1p x21x22…x2p ⋮⋮⋱⋮ xn1xn2…xnp ]=[𝐱1T𝐱2T⋮𝐱nT]
View LaTeX source\mathbf{X} = \begin{bmatrix} x_{11} & x_{12} & \dots & x_{1p} \\ x_{21} & x_{22} & \dots & x_{2p} \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ x_{n1} & x_{n2} & \dots & x_{np} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} \mathbf{x}_1^T \\ \mathbf{x}_2^T \\ \vdots \\ \mathbf{x}_n^T \end{bmatrix}