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2、oroustreatmentofthatmaterial.Itisintendedforuseasatextbookbystudentstakinga?rstgraduatecourseinthesubject,aswellasforthegeneralreferenceofinterestedresearchworkerswhowill?nd,inareadableform,developmentsfromrecentlypublishedworkoncertainbroadtopicsnototherwiseeasilyaccess
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4、oundexpectedofthereaderwouldincludeatleasttwocoursesinmathematicalstatistics,andcertainlysomeexposuretothecalculusofseveralvariablestogetherwiththedescriptivegeometryoflinearalgebra.Ourbookis,nevertheless,inmostrespectsentirelyself-contained,althoughade?niteneedforgenuin
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7、Prefaceofthesortwithwhichourbookdeals.Inthisconnection,aspeci?cintro-ductiono?eringcomprehensiveoverviewsofthefundamentalmultivariatestructuresandtechniqueswouldbewelladvised.ThetextbookAFirstCourseinMultivariateStatisticsbyFlury(1997),publishedbySpringer-Verlag,provides
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