@article{Williamson_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={SOC 703: MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/soc-703-multivariate-statistics}, abstractNote={From the major topic headings you will note that we will focus on four statistical procedures: factor analysis, regression analysis, logistic regression, and discriminant analysis. But the course is primarily a course on multiple regression and related procedures. In class I will generally focus on the basic concepts and the most essential material. However, most assignments will give you an opportunity (and an incentive) to go beyond the basic material to demonstrate that you understand and can use some of the more advanced bells and whistles as well. As this course is designed for students who vary greatly with respect to the strength of their mathematical background and extent to which they expect to be using these skills in the future, I have attempted to build in some flexibility with respect to course requirements. The basic material will provide an exposure to what multivariate statistics is all about. The advanced material (found primarily in the optional reading) will prove particularly useful to those of you who will be using these techniques in your own research or future jobs in quantitative social science research. After you have taken this course you should be able to know when to use these techniques, how to set up SPSS runs using these techniques, and how to interpret what you see in computer printouts using these techniques. I also want you all to be able to critically evaluate journal articles using these techniques. To that end you will be asked to read and critically evaluate published articles using each of these techniques. }, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Williamson, John}, year={2010}, month={May} }