title: The use of multivariate statistical methods in psychiatry.
abstract: Multivariate methods such as factor analysis and cluster analysis have been used for many years by psychiatric researchers primarily for investigating the problems of psychiatric diagnosis. In more recent times, the range of multivariate techniques used has been extended as has the number of areas in which they are being applied.
authors.affiliation: Biostatistics and Computing Department, King's College, University of London, UK.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Everitt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Landau
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*