Multivariate Statistical Analysis: Revised And Expanded (Statistics: a Series of Textbooks and Monogrphs)

Significantly revised and expanded, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Second Edition addresses several added topics related to the properties and characterization of symmetric distributions, elliptically symmetric multivariate distributions, singular symmetric distributions, estimation of covariance matrices, tests of mean against one-sided alternatives, and correlations in symmetrical distributions. Its discussions and examples draw on a wide range of multivariate data, from biometry, agriculture, biomedical science, economics, to filtering and stochastic control, stock market data analysis, and random signal processing.