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COURSE DETAILS
Learning Objectives:
The objective of this course is to explore multivariate probability distributions
in practice. It provides knowledge within multivariate statistics: theory,
calculation technique and applications.
Successful completion of this course will prepare students for further courses
like Multivariate Statistics – II, Statistical Machine Learning, and will provide
with a foundation for understanding applications.
Pre-learning:
Course Outline:
Module Topic
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1 Multivariate Normal Distribution, Linearity property of
Multivariate Normal Distribution, Marginal and Joint
distribution and their properties. Necessary and sufficient
conditions for multivariate normality.
2 Quadratics form and its distributions, Cochran’s theorem
3 Wishart distribution, derivation and properties, additivity,
determinant of W, distribution of multiple and partial
correlation
Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
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