Dear allstat members I´d like to hear from you: what do you think are the most applied multivariate techniques in management science? I'm preparing a course on multivariate data analysis (13 weeks, 5 hours), and I'm not sure what multivariate techniques are more relevant for management students. What's your opinion? What about good books on the subject? The students have a good univariate statistics background (descriptive and inferential) and two years of mathematics. Kind regards Óscar Lourenço Óscar Domingos Lourenço Faculdade de Economia Universidade de Coimbra [log in to unmask] Av. Dias da Silva nº 165 Tel: 351 39 790571 3004-512 Coimbra Fax: 351 39 790507 Portugal %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%