90355 - STATISTICS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA

Anno Accademico 2020/2021

  • Docente: Silvia Cagnone
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: SECS-S/01
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Italiano
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Economics (cod. 8408)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course the student has acquired knowledge of the multivariate methods for analyzing high dimensional data. In particular, he/she is able: - to interpret methods of dimension reduction including principal component analysis and factor analysis - to interpret methods of clustering and discrimination - to apply the proper multivariate method and perform his/her own analysis of high dimensional datasets using the software R.

Contenuti

- Multivariate and high dimensional problems. Basics of linear and matrix algebra. Random vectors and Gaussian random vectors.

- Principal component analysis: principal component method, visualising principal components, choosing the number of principal components.

- Factor analysis: factor model specification, identification,estimation, rotation, factor scores .

- Discriminant analysis: linear discriminant analyses, quadratic discriminant analysis, Fisher’s discriminant rule, linear discrimination for two normal populations and classes, evaluation of discriminant rules.

- Cluster analysis: distance and similaty measures, hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering, k-means Clustering


Testi/Bibliografia

Koch I. Analysis of Multivariate and High Dimensional Data, Cambridge University Press, 2014

Metodi didattici

Lectures and tutorials with the software R

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

A final project on real data analysed with the software R on one or combined topics of the course and an oral exam. The oral exam consists of a discussion of the project and theoretical questions.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Teacher's note available at https://virtuale.unibo.it/

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Silvia Cagnone