Instructor: Zhiyi Chi
Office: CLAS 319
Phone: (860) 486-6142
Office Hours: Monday 4-5pm, Thursday 4-5pm.

Announcement

Homework
Please check here regularly for homework assignments. Unless otherwise specified, all problems are from the textbook.

• Assignment 1: 1.9, 1.15, 3.2, 3.6. Due Wed, 9/17.
• Assignment 2: 4.16, 4.21, 5.9, 5.19, 5.22. Due Wed, 10/15.
• Assignment 3: 6.5, 6.13, 6.30, 6.40, 7.25. Due Wed, 11/5.
• Assignment 4: 8.17, 8.20. Due Fri, 11/14.

Notes

• Chapter 1.
• Chapter 3.
• Chapter 4.
• Chapter 5.
• Chapter 6.
• Chapter 7.
• Chapter 8.
• Chapter 9.

Check here for sample SAS codes, and here for datasets.

Textbook
Richard A. Johnson and Dean W. Wichern. Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis, 6th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

All the data sets in ASCII format used in the textbook can be downloaded from the publisher's web site. Click on the tab "Take a closer look" on the web site to find the link to the data sets.

Recommended
1. Ravindra Khattree and Dayanand N. Naik. Applied Multivariate Statistics with SAS Software, 2nd Edition. Wiley InterScience.
2. Ravindra Khattree and Dayanand N. Naik. Multivariate Data Reduction and Discrimination with SAS Software. Wiley InterScience.

All the SAS codes in the two books can be downloaded at SAS website here.

Prerequisite
Matrix algebra, a prior statistical methods course, Stat 3375 (old number 230) or 5585/5685 (315/316) or consent of instructor. Please click here for more information.

Course Grades

Item	Weight
Homework	20%
Assignments	50%
Final Exam	30%

Homework
Problems from the textbook will be routinely assigned and also posted on this web page. Homework should be turned in to the instructor in class on the due day.

Exams
Final exam week for Fall 2008 takes place from Monday, December 8, through Saturday, December 13. Students are required to be available for their exam during that time. Students must visit the Dean of Students Office (DOS) if they cannot make their exam. The DOS will give the student his or her instructions thereafter.

Please note: vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, weddings (unless part of the wedding party), and other large or small scale social events, are not viable excuses for missing a final exam. Please contact the DOS with any questions. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Additionally, for this course, except for medical emergencies with appropriate documents from doctor, no make-up exams will be given.

Schedule of exams
Please check the university exam schedule for more information.

Exam	Day	Time	Location
Final	Monday, December 8	10:30-12:30pm	ARJ 136