Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis (2025) - Class #23, nearest neighbor classification

This is a video from Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis (STAT 494/873) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in fall 2025. See http://www.chrisbilder.com/multivariate (schedule and section materials web pages) for the course notes. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is recommending the elimination of my UNL Department of Statistics along with three other departments and other severe cuts. These recommendations include laying off 50+ tenured faculty--no other research university does this. There is a small chance that the Department of Statistics can be saved. Please let university administrators know why statistics is essential to a research university, especially one that wants to get back into the Association of American Universities (AAU). Tell these administrators about your experiences with statistics. The administrators include: University of Nebraska System Board of Regents ([email protected]; they will vote on December 5th regarding the elimination of the department) President Jeff Gold ([email protected]; leader of the University of Nebraska system) Chancellor Rodney Bennett ([email protected]; leader of UNL) Vice Chancellor Tiffany Heng-Moss ([email protected]; leader of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources which includes the department) Executive Vice Chancellor Mark Button ([email protected]; leader of the non-IANR parts of UNL) UNL specific information about the proposed budget cuts is at https://budgetprocess.unl.edu. My SaveOurStats.com web page provides links to presentations, news media coverage, and a timeline. And, my original LinkedIn post explaining more about the situation is at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chrisbilder_unl-proposing-to-eliminate-six-academic-programs-activity-7372758339300098048-RitR. Additional posts are available from my LinkedIn site.