- Docente: Stefania Mignani
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-S/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Stefania Mignani (Modulo 1) Alessandro Lubisco (Modulo 2) Valentina Sansivieri (Modulo 3)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Finance, Insurance and Business (cod. 8872)
Course contents
I Part
-Introduction to Latent variables models
- Principal components analysis
- Factor analysis
- Linear structural equation models (LISREL)
II PART
-A review on multiple linear regression model
-The method for the variable selection
- The regression model with dummy
-The multilevel approach
Analysis of real multivariate data using SPSS for Windows an R.
Readings/Bibliography
- S. Mignani, A. Montanari, Appunti di analisi statistica multivariata, Esculapio, Bologna, Seconda edizione, 1997, 5 (Analisi discriminante);
- David J. Bartholomew ...[et al.], The analysis and interpretation of multivariate data for social scientists, 2002, Chapman & Hall
- Teacher's lecture notes
Teaching methods
Theoretical lessons and practical activities in computer laboratory
Assessment methods
Oral examination
It is possible to take a short written report on the analysis of a data set provided by the teacher. This report replaces part of the oral examination
Teaching tools
Slides, papers and dataset
Office hours
See the website of Stefania Mignani
See the website of Alessandro Lubisco
See the website of Valentina Sansivieri