Course selection.

[GoPackGo89]

I was hoping to get input on which course would be the best use of my time whether in terms of preparation for stats/biostats PhD, looking favorable to adcoms, or both.

1) Functional Analysis- Normed vector spaces, Banach and Hilbert spaces, linear functionals and operators, the Hahn-Banach, closed graph and uniform boundedness theorems with applications, dual spaces, self adjoint operators, compact operators

2) Multivariate Data Analysis (graduate course) - PCA, Factor analysis, SEM, cluster analysis, canonical correlation analysis, ect. 

3) Measure Theory

 

Thanks in advance for your time and recommendation!



 

Edited November 20, 2016 by statbiostat2017

[abstract_art]

In order of usefulness it'd probably be Measure Theory, then Functional Analysis, then Multivariate Data Analysis.

[cyberwulf]

On 11/20/2016 at 10:46 AM, marmle said:

In order of usefulness it'd probably be Measure Theory, then Functional Analysis, then Multivariate Data Analysis.

Agree.