Concepts

Concepts (GWU EMSE-271 Data Analysis for Engineers and Scientists)
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STATISTICAL REVIEW including UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS
 * Exploratory Data Analysis | Probability Calculus (Bayes) | Random Variables
 * Distribution Theory | Calculating Probabilities | Sums of Random Variables
 * //UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS//
 * Point-Estimation | Estimator Distributions | Confidence Intervals | Hypothesis Testing | Credibility Intervals
 * Goodness-Of-Fit ( Method-of-Moments | Maximum Likelihood Estimation | Chi-Squared Goodness-of-Fit | Anderson-Darling Goodness-of-Fit Test)
 * Estimation (Collected Subjects)
 * Two Sample Hypothesis Testing | Joint Normal Distribution

MATRICES AND VECTORS (Matrix-Vector Algebra) - Describing Vector Observations | Matrix Algebra | Linear Combinations | Coordinate Systems | Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
 * For now, see Session 5-6 notes

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS

- TBR - Joint Normal Distribution | Multivariate Point Estimation | Matrix Determinant | Geometric Interpretation | Hotelling T2 Hypothesis Tests [EMSE 271, Spring 2008 Review - Pre-Mid-Term (Fall 2009 Topics)]

- Regression Analysis

- Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)