Accession Number:

AD0777179

Title:

On the Applicability of Multivariate Statistical Techniques.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

GEORGIA UNIV ATHENS DEPT OF STATISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Kossack,Carl F.
• Henschke-Mason,Claudia
• Kundert,Kenneth
• Chen,Ming Min
• Baxi,H. R. S.

Report Date:

1973-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

241.0

Abstract:

Contents Applications of multivariate analysis A literature search for multivariate analysis applications Sociological abstracts Economic abstracts Psychological abstracts Variable selection procedure and classification rule The classification technique The variable selection procedure The use of the variable selection techniques Preliminary analysis Variable scaling A technique for scaling categorized data Multivariate methods applicable to variables scaled categorically Personnel systems and statistical classification An operational personnel utilization system Classification theory and its role in personnel decision making A mathematical model of the Air Force enlisted man utilization system.

Descriptors:

• *Multivariate analysis
• Applied mathematics
• Military operations
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Personnel selection
• Decision making
• Mathematical models
• Allocations

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE