 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Mathematical Sciences |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2
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| Assessment:
| EX 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
MA40090 Mandatory Extra Work (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take MA20216 and take MA20227 |
| Description:
| Aims:
To develop skills in the analysis of multivariate data and study the related theory.
Learning Outcomes:
On completing the course, students should be able to:
* select and apply an appropriate technique for the analysis of multivariate data to look for structure in such data or to achieve dimensionality reduction;
* carry out multivariate inferential techniques.
Skills:
Numeracy T/F A
Problem Solving T/F A
Written and Spoken Communication F
Content:
Revision of relevant matrix algebra.
Exploratory and graphical analysis of multivariate data.
Principal components analysis.
Classification: linear and quadratic discrimination and logistic regression.
Topics selected from:
Tree-based methods. Ensemble methods. Support vector machines. Factor analysis. Multidimensional scaling. Cluster analysis.
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| Programme availability: |
MA40090 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Mathematical Sciences
- USMA-AFB15 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB16 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB16 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AFB13 : BSc (hons) Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB14 : BSc (hons) Mathematics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AFB01 : BSc (hons) Mathematics and Statistics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB02 : BSc (hons) Mathematics and Statistics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB02 : BSc (hons) Mathematics and Statistics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB14 : BSc (hons) Mathematics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AFB05 : BSc (hons) Statistics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB06 : BSc (hons) Statistics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB06 : BSc (hons) Statistics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AFM14 : MMath Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AFM14 : MMath Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 4
- USMA-AAM15 : MMath Mathematics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- TSMA-AFM09 : MSc Mathematical Sciences (Full-time)
- TSMA-APM09 : MSc Mathematical Sciences (Part-time)
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