DSC 410/510 - Multivariate Statistical Methods

Assignment 2 (deadline: 4pm on Wednesday, October 6)

Practical matters

• Jobs example:
  • Use the "jobscards.xls" spreadsheet from the data page to form cards or slips of paper with combinations of Location, Salary, and Company Size for hypothetical job offers.
  • Rank the cards from 1 to 16, where 1 is the job offer that you most prefer and 16 is the rank of the least preferred. (Use all numbers between 1 and 16 and don't allow ties.)
  • Download the "jobsraw.xls" Excel spreadsheet on the data page and replace the instructor's rankings in the final column with your rankings (and replace "Iain" with your 3 digit class ID number).
  • Send an e-mail to ipardoe at lcbmail.uoregon.edu that contains this revised Excel spreadsheet as an attachment.
• Empirical Example from p394:
  • Reproduce the analysis described in the book by following "empirical example from p394" from the handouts page. This uses the SAS software available in the lab and requires the "hatco1raw.xls" spreadsheet from the data page.
  • You can also use Microsoft Excel to do this analysis - see "hatco1res.xls" from the data page.

There will be additional practical exercises assigned as we work through this chapter - keep an eye on the assignments page.

Reading

Chapter 7 in the text-book, pages 387-441.