Stata
Products Purchase Support Company
Search
   >> Home >> Products >> Capabilities >> Multivariate methods Bookmark and Share

Multivariate methods

Factor analysis

  • Works on datasets or correlation matrices
  • Principal-components factor
  • Principal factor
  • Interated principal factor
  • ML factors
  • Rotations
  • Anti-image correlation matrices
  • Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin measure of sampling adequacy
  • Squared multiple correlations
  • Bartlett scoring
  • Regression scoring

Principal components

  • Works with datasets or correlation or covariance matrices
  • Standard errors of eigenvalues and vectors
  • Rotations
  • Anti-image correlation matrices
  • Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin measure of sampling adequacy
  • Loading plots, score plots, and scree plots
  • Squared multiple correlations
  • Orthogonal and oblique rotations
  • Kaiser normalization
  • Varimax, quartimax, oblimax, parsimax, equamax, and promax rotation
  • Minimum entropy rotation
  • Comrey’s tandem
  • Rotate toward a target matrix

Discriminant analysis

  • Linear
  • Quadratic
  • Logistic
  • kth nearest neighbor
  • Classification tables
  • Error rates

Multivariate tests

  • One- and multisample (Updated)
  • Means, covariances, and correlations (Updated)
  • Tests of normalityNew
    • Doornik–Hansen
    • Henze–Zirkler
    • Two by Mardia

Multidimensional scaling

  • Modern metric and nonmetric multidimensional scaling
  • Classic metric multidimensional scaling
  • Works on datasets or matrices of distances
  • 33 similarity/dissimilarity measures
  • Coordinates of approximating configuration
  • Correlations between dissimilarities and distances
  • Kruskal stress measure
  • Shepard diagram
  • Plots of approximation Euclidian configuration

Correspondence analysis

  • Two-way correspondence analysis
  • Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA)
  • Joint correspondence analysis (JCA)
  • Work with cross-tabulations of categorical variables or matrices of counts
  • Coordinates in column space
  • Coordinates in row space (with two-way CA)
  • Stacked (crossed) variables
  • Chi-squared distances
  • Inertia contributions
  • Row and column profiles (conditional distributions)
  • Fitted, observed, and expected correspondence tables
  • Matrix of inertias (after JCA)
  • Biplots
  • Projection plots
  • Correlations of profiles and loadings

Procrustes analysis

  • Orthogonal, oblique, and unrestricted transformations
  • Overlayed graphs comparing target variables and fitted values of source variables

Biplots (Updated)

Canonical correlations (Updated)

Tetrachoric correlations

Zellner’s seemingly unrelated regression

Multivariate linear regression

Hotelling’s T-squared

Tests for identifying multivariate outliers

Cluster analysis

MANOVA

See New in Stata 11 for more about what was added in Stata Release 11.

Stata 11
Overview: Why use Stata?
Stata/MP
64-bit Stata
Capabilities
Overview
Data management
Graphics
Basic statistics
Linear models
Binary and discrete outcomes
Panel data
Survey methods
Time series
Survival analysis
Epidemiology tools
Mixed models
GLM
ANOVA / MANOVA
Multiple imputation
Exact statistics
Nonparametric methods
Multivariate methods
Principal components
Cluster analysis
Resampling
Model testing
Maximum likelihood
Other statistical methods
Programming
Matrix programming—Mata
Internet capabilities
Accessibility
Sample session
User-written commands
New in Stata 11
Supported platforms
Which Stata package?
Technical support
User comments
Products
Stata 11
Order Stata
Upgrade
Training
Bookstore
Stata Journal
Stata Press
Stata News
STB
Stat/Transfer
Gift Shop

Site overview
Products
Resources & support
Company
Site index

© Copyright 1996–2009 StataCorp LP   |   Terms of use   |   Privacy   |   Contact us   |   Site index