
Factor Analysis and Analysis of Covariance Structure
This course is designed to improve the data analysis skills of Kuwabara Kenkyukai students. It is intended to provide an introduction to rational decision-making based on data after understanding and evaluating data. This course focuses on multivariate analysis techniques for classification purposes. Topics covered include quantitative and qualitative data representation and summary statistics, correlation and principal components, factor analysis, and covariance structure analysis.
The focus is on mastery of concepts and interpretation of data and statistical analysis results rather than detailed computational techniques.