Statistics category: 3298 books
The Essence of Multivariate Thinking
Basic Themes and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
By focusing on underlying themes, this book helps readers better understand the connections between multivariate methods. For each method the author highlights: the similarities and differences between the methods, when they are used and the questions they address, the key assumptions and equations,...
by Leonard Gaston
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
This tutorial, directed primarily toward students doing research projects, is intended to help them do four things : (1) Decide if their data gathering activity can yield numerical data that will permit a meaningful hypothesis test. (2) If it will, decide if one of the tests described would be useful....
Data Analysis
What Can Be Learned From the Past 50 Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
This book explores the many provocative questions concerning the fundamentals of data analysis. It is based on the time-tested experience of one of the gurus of the subject matter. Why should one study data analysis? How should it be taught? What techniques work best, and for whom? How valid are the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
This book critically reflects on current statistical methods used in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and introduces a number of novel methods to the reader.
Covering many techniques and approaches for exploratory data analysis including effect and power calculations, experimental design,...
Some Basic Theory for Statistical Inference
Monographs on Applied Probability and Statistics
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
In this book the author presents with elegance and precision some of the basic mathematical theory required for statistical inference at a level which will make it readable by most students of statistics.
by Chris Chapman, Elea McDonnell Feit
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
This bookis a complete introduction to the power of R for marketing research practitioners. The text describes statistical models from a conceptual point of view with a minimal amount of mathematics, presuming only an introductory knowledge of statistics. Hands-on chapters accelerate the learning...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2009
Spatial data analysis has seen explosive growth in recent years. Both in mainstream statistics and econometrics as well as in many applied ?elds, the attention to space, location, and interaction has become an important feature of scholarly work. The methodsdevelopedto dealwith problemsofspatialpatternrecognition,spatialau-...
Bias and Causation
Models and Judgment for Valid Comparisons
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
A one-of-a-kind resource on identifying and dealing with bias in statistical research on causal effects
Do cell phones cause cancer? Can a new curriculum increase student achievement? Determining what the real causes of such problems are, and how powerful their effects may be, are central issues...
Statistics
An Introduction Using R
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
"...I know of no better book of its kind..." (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Vol 169 (1), January 2006)
A revised and updated edition of this bestselling introductory textbook to statistical analysis using the leading free software package R
This new edition of a bestselling...
by Roger S. Bivand, Edzer Pebesma, Virgilio Gómez-Rubio
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R, second edition, is divided into two basic parts, the first presenting R packages, functions, classes and methods for handling spatial data. This part is of interest to users who need to access and visualise spatial data. Data import and export for many file formats...
Credible Research Made Easy
A Step by Step Path to Formulating Testable Hypotheses
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
C.R.M.E. is a workbook for anyone needing (or wanting) to do a research project that can stand the test of claiming scientific significance. The workbook leads the reader in a logical progression from the measurement of variables in the research design to the formulation of testable hypotheses.
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Advances in Degradation Modeling
Applications to Reliability, Survival Analysis, and Finance
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
This volume is a collection of invited chapters covering recent advances in accelerated life testing and degradation models. The book covers a wide range of applications to areas such as reliability, quality control, the health sciences, economics and finance. It is an excellent reference for researchers...
Statistical Regression and Classification
From Linear Models to Machine Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Statistical Regression and Classification: From Linear Models to Machine Learning takes an innovative look at the traditional statistical regression course, presenting a contemporary treatment in line with today's applications and users. The text takes a modern look at regression:
* A thorough...
Bayesian Prediction and Adaptive Sampling Algorithms for Mobile Sensor Networks
Online Environmental Field Reconstruction in Space and Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
This brief introduces a class of problems and models for the prediction of the scalar field of interest from noisy observations collected by mobile sensor networks. It also introduces the problem of optimal coordination of robotic sensors to maximize the prediction quality subject to communication...