Biostatistics-II, Multivariate Methods

Ohio University

BIOS 870, Spring 2007

 
Schedule:  Weeks 1-5
Instructor: Brian C. McCarthy
Office:      416-B Porter Hall
Phone:      3-1615
Email:       mccarthy@ohio.edu
Schedule:  Weeks 6-10
Instructor:  Donald B. Miles
Office:      131 Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:      3-2317
Email:       dmiles2@ohio.edu
 


Syllabus 2007

Lectures 1-2: Ecological resemblance, similarity & distance coefficients   PDF

Lectures 3-5: Cluster Analysis  PDF

        Sample Vegetation Data (click here)

Lecture 6: Matrix Algebra, eigenvalues & eigenvectors  PDF

Lecture 7: Introduction to Ordination, Principal Components Analysis (PCA)  PDF

Lecture 8: Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCO), Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) PDF

Lecture 9: Correspondence Analysis (CA & DCA) PDF

Lecture 10: Canonical Analysis (RDA, CCA, CCorA, DA) PDF

Take Home Exam #1 (2007) (Posted 16-April-2007; Due 24-April-2007)

Take Home Exam #2 (2007) (Posted 25-April-2007; Due 3-May-2007)

 


Literature Cited and Suggested Reading

Links to Multivariate Stats Software


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