Multivariate Statistics: Classical Foundations and Modern Machine Learning: Hemant Ishwaran, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2025, xix + 465 pp., $180.00(H), ISBN: 978-1-032-75879-4.

The book *Multivariate Statistics: Classical Foundations and Modern Machine Learning* offers a comprehensive introduction to multivariate statistics, bridging classical methods such as multivariate normality, MANOVA, and principal component analysis with modern machine learning techniques including...

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Published in:American Statistician Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 327 - 329
Main Author: Böhning, Dankmar
Format: Book Review
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2026
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        Multivariate analysis
        Statistical learning
        Boosting algorithms
        Mathematical statistics
        Biometry
        Random forest algorithms
        Principal components analysis
        Causal inference
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          Multivariate analysis
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          Biometry
          Random forest algorithms
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          Causal inference
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