Perfected over three editions and more than forty years, thisfield- and classroom-tested reference:
* Uses the method of maximum likelihood to a large extent to ensurereasonable, and in some cases optimal procedures.
* Treats all the basic and important topics in multivariatestatistics.
* Adds two new chapters, along with a number of new sections.
* Provides the most methodical, up-to-date information on MVstatistics available.
" suitable for a graduate–level course on multivariate analysis an important reference on the bookshelves of many scientific researchers and most practicing statisticians." (
Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 2004)
really well written. The edition will be certainly welcomed (Zentralblatt Math, Vo.1039, No.08, 2004)
" a wonderful textbook that covers the mathematical theory of multivariate statistical analysis " (Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 50, No. 2, May 2004)
"...remains an authoritative work that can still be highly recommended..." (Short Book Reviews, 2004)
"...still a very serious and comprehensive book on the statistical theory of multivariate analysis." (Technometrics, Vol. 46, No. 1, February 2004)
...remains a mathematically rigorous development of statistical methods for observations consisting of several measurements or characteristics of each subject and a study of their properties. (Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. LXI, No. 4, December 2003)