Author: Jeffrey S. Simonoff
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: statistics, series, springer, smoothing, methods
Number of Pages: 356
Published: 1996-06-06
List price: $144.00
ISBN-10: 0387947167
ISBN-13: 9780387947167

This book surveys the uses of smoothing methods in statistics. The coverage has an applied focus, and is very broad, including simple and complex univariate and multivariate density estimation, nonparametric regression estimation, categorical data smoothing, and applications of smoothing to other areas of statistics. The book will be of particular interest to data analysts, as arguments generally proceed from actual data rather than statistical theory. The "Background Material" sections will interest statisticians studying the area of smoothing methods. The list of over 750 references

Author: W. J. Conover
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: statistics, probability, series, wiley, practical, nonparametric
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 1999-12-14
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0471160687
ISBN-13: 9780471160687

This highly-regarded text serves as a quick reference book which offers clear, concise instructions on how and when to use the most popular nonparametric procedures. This edition features some procedures that have withstood the test of time and are now used by many practitioners, such as the Fisher Exact Test for two-by-two contingency tables, the Mantel-Haenszel Test for combining several contingency tables, the Kaplan-Meier estimates of the survival curve, the Jonckheere-Terpstra Test and the Page Test for ordered alternatives, and a discussion of the bootstrap method.

Author: Brian D. Ripley
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: statistics, probability, series, wiley, spatial
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2004-08-09
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 047169116X
ISBN-13: 9780471691167

The Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected books that have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort to increase global appeal and general circulation. With these new unabridged softcover volumes, Wiley hopes to extend the lives of these works by making them available to future generations of statisticians, mathematicians, and scientists. "Books such as this that bring together, clarify, and summarize recent research can lead to a great increase of interest in the area. . . . a major achievement in describing many aspects of spatial data and discussing, with

Author: Dr. Neil J. Salkind
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: statistics, excel, hate, think, people
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2006-07-14
List price: $52.95
ISBN-10: 1412924820
ISBN-13: 9781412924825

Derived from his bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, author Neil J. Salkind presents readers with The Excel Edition! Using the same personable and clear style that made previous editions so successful, this new edition teaches students how they can use Excel to learn the basics of statistics. This is not a text on how to use Excel, rather it illustrates how this program can make the statistics learning experience a better one.

Author: Sigbert Klinke
Publisher: Physica-Verlag HD
Keywords: statistics, contributions, computational, structures, data
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 2001-01-31
List price: $119.00
ISBN-10: 3790809829
ISBN-13: 9783790809824

The development of data structures for a statistical software system is treated in this book. Data structures, e.g. storage of statistical data, handling of different kind of graphics, are very important in designing a software system. A misspecification or too narrow approach will lead to an enormous amount of reprogramming if it is possible.Chapters deal with exploratory statistical techniques, some statistical applications, exploratory projection pursuit, data structures and implementation in XploRe.Examples are given with several statistical techniques, e.g. teachware, cluster anaylsis, no

Author: Federer
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: statistics, monographs, textbooks, series, society
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 1991-04-24
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0824782496
ISBN-13: 9780824782498

Revised and updated (first edition, 1972) textbook for an introductory undergraduate course for non-mathematics majors illustrates how statistics and society interact, as well as statistics’ relationship to mathematics and computer science. Includes end-of-chapter problems and an appendix with exami

Author: Bernard Flury
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: statistics, springer, texts, multivariate, course, first
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 1997-08-15
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 038798206X
ISBN-13: 9780387982069

Multivariate statistical methods have evolved from the pioneering work of Fisher, Pearson, Hotelling,and others, motivated by practical problems in biological and other sciences. In the past fifty years the field has grown rapidly, largely due to the availability of computers that make the calculations feasible. This book gives a comprehensive and self-contained introduction, carefully balancing mathematical theory and practical applications. "A First Course in Multivariate Statistics" starts at an elementary level, developing concepts of multivariate distributions from first principles. A