Creascience will be offering its popular 5-day Multivariate Data Analysis School, January 14-18 at the AMA Management Centre located in the San Francisco Marriott Hotel.

Targeted toward non-statisticians utilizing statistical methods - researchers, scientists, business analysts, graduate students - and statisticians interested in an applied workshop, this 5-day course focuses on the practical aspects of the most widely used multivariate methods: Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Factor Analysis, Correspondence Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Discriminant Analysis and Canonical Analysis. Applications in a variety of fields are presented (business, marketing, R&D) and related methods specific to these fields are also discussed.

Emphasis is put on the objectives of methods, their underlying assumptions and the interpretation of results.

Basic ideas and concepts of statistics and statistical thinking are introduced, explained, and connected with contemporary applications of statistical methods.

Special attention is paid to the generation and interpretation of computer output.

50% of the time is devoted to hands-on applications, results interpretation and group discussions.

Participants are strongly encouraged to use their own data for applications.

Participants are invited to use their own software. Featured software include SAS, SPSS, Statistica, Minitab, S-Plus, JMP and XLStat*. The workshop also provides a nice opportunity to compare these packages.

Experienced instructors share their knowledge in applying these methods and suggest many original applications.

Small class size allows all participants to get the attention they need and ask all the questions they want.

Follow this link to get more information - detailed course outline, past participants feedback, etc.- and to register.