On the Applicability of Multivariate Statistical Techniques.

Abstract : ;Contents: Applications of multivariate analysis; A literature search for multivariate analysis applications; Sociological abstracts; Economic abstracts; Psychological abstracts; Variable selection procedure and classification rule; The classification technique; The variable selection procedure; The use of the variable selection techniques; Preliminary analysis; Variable scaling; A technique for scaling categorized data; Multivariate methods applicable to variables scaled categorically; Personnel systems and statistical classification; An operational personnel utilization system; Classification theory and its role in personnel decision making; A mathematical model of the Air Force enlisted man utilization system.