free statistical books

An Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting: with Applications of SAS and SPSS
By Robert A. Yaffee


Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 2000-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0127678700
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780127678702
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

Providing a clear explanation of the fundamental theory of time series analysis and forecasting, this book couples theory with applications of two popular statistical packages--SAS and SPSS. The text examines moving average, exponential smoothing, Census X-11 deseasonalization, ARIMA, intervention, transfer function, and autoregressive error models and has brief discussions of ARCH and GARCH models. The book features treatments of forecast improvement with regression and autoregression combination models and model and forecast evaluation, along with a sample size analysis for common time series models to attain adequate statistical power. To enhance the book's value as a teaching tool, the data sets and programs used in the book are made available on the Academic Press Web site. The careful linkage of the theoretical constructs with the practical considerations involved in utilizing the statistical packages makes it easy for the user to properly apply these techniques.

Key Features
* Describes principal approaches to time series analysis and forecasting
* Presents examples from public opinion research, policy analysis, political science, economics, and sociology
* Free Web site contains the data used in most chapters, facilitating learning
* Math level pitched to general social science usage
* Glossary makes the material accessible for readers at all levels

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Continuous Univariate Distributions, Vol. 2 (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
By Norman L. Johnson, Samuel Kotz, N. Balakrishnan


Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Number Of Pages: 752
Publication Date: 1995-05-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471584940
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471584940
Binding: Hardcover


Summary: amazing content, but too many errors
Rating: 2

I agree completely with the reader from Ithaca. The last time
I used it for something important, there was a serious typo in a
formula, and much time was wasted.


Summary: Mixed Feelings
Rating: 3

I have mixed feelings about this book.

On the positive side, it contains a wealth of useful information about a large number of continuous probability distribution functions. I use it all the time as a reference in my work. The book contains a extensive bibliography which has been useful time and time again when I need to look up things in the literature.

My first complaint is there are a number of mistakes. I realize this is a huge mass of information and mistakes are inevitable, but I found it quite unacceptable that the probability density function for the Normal distribution was incorrect. Equation 13.1 is missing a factor of sigma in the denominator. This one was quite obvious, but there have been several more subtle errors, which have caused me to waste a large amount of time searching my own work for mathematical errors, until I finally realized the source of the error was the book!

My second complaint is consistency (or lack thereof). The symbols and notation used for one distribution are not necessarily used in the same way for another distribution. This can be quite frustrating! Also, the organization from chapter to chapter (each chapter corresponds to one distribution or one distribution family) is not consistent. For example, for the Lognormal distribution, there is one section (called "Introduction") which gives the pdf of the distribution and a second section (called "Moments and Other Properties") where the moments of the distribution are listed. For the Weibull distribution, both the pdf and the moments are in one section (labeled "Definition"). This sounds like a minor point, until it comes time for you to look one of these things up!

In summary, I need this book to do my job. But I keep wishing there was another book that had the same information, but with better accuracy and organization.

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Continuous Univariate Distributions, Vol. 1 (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
By Norman L. Johnson, Samuel Kotz, N. Balakrishnan


Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Number Of Pages: 761
Publication Date: 1994-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471584959
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471584957
Binding: Hardcover


Summary: amazing content, but too many errors
Rating: 2

I agree completely with the reader from Ithaca. The last time
I used it for something important, there was a serious typo in a
formula, and much time was wasted.


Summary: Mixed Feelings
Rating: 3

I have mixed feelings about this book.

On the positive side, it contains a wealth of useful information about a large number of continuous probability distribution functions. I use it all the time as a reference in my work. The book contains a extensive bibliography which has been useful time and time again when I need to look up things in the literature.

My first complaint is there are a number of mistakes. I realize this is a huge mass of information and mistakes are inevitable, but I found it quite unacceptable that the probability density function for the Normal distribution was incorrect. Equation 13.1 is missing a factor of sigma in the denominator. This one was quite obvious, but there have been several more subtle errors, which have caused me to waste a large amount of time searching my own work for mathematical errors, until I finally realized the source of the error was the book!

My second complaint is consistency (or lack thereof). The symbols and notation used for one distribution are not necessarily used in the same way for another distribution. This can be quite frustrating! Also, the organization from chapter to chapter (each chapter corresponds to one distribution or one distribution family) is not consistent. For example, for the Lognormal distribution, there is one section (called "Introduction") which gives the pdf of the distribution and a second section (called "Moments and Other Properties") where the moments of the distribution are listed. For the Weibull distribution, both the pdf and the moments are in one section (labeled "Definition"). This sounds like a minor point, until it comes time for you to look one of these things up!

In summary, I need this book to do my job. But I keep wishing there was another book that had the same information, but with better accuracy and organization.


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Wiley CPA Examination Review, Outlines and Study Guides (Wiley Cpa Examination Review Vol 1: Outlines and Study Guides)
By Patrick R. Delaney, O. Ray Whittington


Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Number Of Pages: 1184
Publication Date: 2004-05-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471656283
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471656289
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:

This Thirty-First Edition is completely revised to give you a clear advantage on the new computerized CPA exam.
For thirty years, Wiley has been the number one choice of CPA candidates worldwide. Each year, over 60,000 professionals take the CPA exam and look to Wiley CPA Exam Review to help them review and prepare. Published annually, this comprehensive two-volume set thoroughly reviews all four sections of the CPA exam. The unique modular structure divides studying into forty-four self-contained modules for flexibility and allows CPA candidates to zero in on areas that need work and to concentrate their study program.
Volume 1 contains all study guides and outlines, while Volume 2 contains all problems and solution. With over 2,700 multiple-choice questions and 150 practice problems and essay questions, these study guides provide all the information necessary for candidates to pass the uniform CPA exam. It includes AICPA content requirements and offers three times as many examples as other CPA study guides.
O. Ray Whittington, PhD, CPA, CMA, CIA (Chicago, IL), is the Ledger Quill Director of the School of Accountancy at DePaul University. Patrick R. Delaney, PhD, CPA, was the department chair at Northern Illinois University. He spent nearly three decades as a respected colleague of John Wiley & Sons and author of the Wiley CPA Exam Review, and coauthored Wiley GAAP: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

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Symmetry Studies: An Introduction to the Analysis of Structured Data in Applications (Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics)
By Marlos A. G. Viana


Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 2008-06-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521841038
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521841030
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

Experimental data can often be associated with or indexed by certain symmetrically interesting structures or sets of labels that appear, for example, in the study of short symbolic sequences in molecular biology, in preference or voting data, in (corneal) curvature data, and in studies of the handedness and entropy of symbolic sequences and elementary images. The symmetry studies introduced in this book describe the interplay among symmetry transformations that are characteristic of these sets of labels, their resulting classification, the algebraic decomposition of the data indexed by them, and the statistical analysis of the invariants induced by those decompositions. The overall purpose is to facilitate and guide the statistical study of the structured data from both a descriptive and inferential perspective. The text combines notions of algebra and statistics and develops a systematic methodology to better explore the many different data-analysis applications of symmetry.


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DNA Methylation Microarrays: Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis (Chapman & Hall/Crc Biostatistics Series)
By Sun-Chong Wang, Art Petronis


Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-04-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1420067273
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781420067279
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

Providing an interface between dry-bench bioinformaticians and wet-lab biologists, DNA Methylation Microarrays: Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis presents the statistical methods and tools to analyze high-throughput epigenomic data, in particular, DNA methylation microarray data. Since these microarrays share the same underlying principles as gene expression microarrays, many of the analyses in the text also apply to microarray-based gene expression and histone modification (ChIP-on-chip) studies.

After introducing basic statistics, the book describes wet-bench technologies that produce the data for analysis and explains how to preprocess the data to remove systematic artifacts resulting from measurement imperfections. It then explores differential methylation and genomic tiling arrays. Focusing on exploratory data analysis, the next several chapters show how cluster and network analyses can link the functions and roles of unannotated DNA elements with known ones. The book concludes by surveying the open source software (R and Bioconductor), public databases, and other online resources available for microarray research.

Requiring only limited knowledge of statistics and programming, this book helps readers gain a solid understanding of the methodological foundations of DNA microarray analysis.


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DNA Methylation Microarrays: Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis (Chapman & Hall/Crc Biostatistics Series)
By Sun-Chong Wang, Art Petronis


Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-04-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1420067273
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781420067279
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

Providing an interface between dry-bench bioinformaticians and wet-lab biologists, DNA Methylation Microarrays: Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis presents the statistical methods and tools to analyze high-throughput epigenomic data, in particular, DNA methylation microarray data. Since these microarrays share the same underlying principles as gene expression microarrays, many of the analyses in the text also apply to microarray-based gene expression and histone modification (ChIP-on-chip) studies.

After introducing basic statistics, the book describes wet-bench technologies that produce the data for analysis and explains how to preprocess the data to remove systematic artifacts resulting from measurement imperfections. It then explores differential methylation and genomic tiling arrays. Focusing on exploratory data analysis, the next several chapters show how cluster and network analyses can link the functions and roles of unannotated DNA elements with known ones. The book concludes by surveying the open source software (R and Bioconductor), public databases, and other online resources available for microarray research.

Requiring only limited knowledge of statistics and programming, this book helps readers gain a solid understanding of the methodological foundations of DNA microarray analysis.


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Spatial Analysis in Epidemiology
By Mark Stevenson, Kim B. Stevens, David J. Rogers, Archie C.A. Clements


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2008-07-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0198509898
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780198509899
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:

This book provides a practical, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the use of spatial statistics in epidemiology - the study of the incidence and distribution of diseases. Used appropriately, spatial analytical methods in conjunction with GIS and remotely sensed data can provide significant insights into the biological patterns and processes that underlie disease transmission. In turn, these can be used to understand and predict disease prevalence. This user-friendly text brings together the specialised and widely-dispersed literature on spatial analysis to make these methodological tools accessible to epidemiologists for the first time.
With its focus is on application rather than theory, Spatial Analysis in Epidemiology includes a wide range of examples taken from both medical (human) and veterinary (animal) disciplines, and describes both infectious diseases and non-infectious conditions. Furthermore, it provides worked examples of methodologies using a single data set from the same disease example throughout, and is structured to follow the logical sequence of description of spatial data, visualisation, exploration, modelling and decision support. This accessible text is aimed at graduate students and researchers dealing with spatial data in the fields of epidemiology (both medical and veterinary), ecology, zoology and parasitology, environmental science, geography and statistics

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Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (with Economic Applications Online, Econometrics Data Sets with Solutions Manual Web Site Printed Access Card)
By Jeffrey Wooldridge


Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Number Of Pages: 912
Publication Date: 2005-07-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0324289782
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780324289787
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

Succeed in econometrics with INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS and its accompanying resources! Easy-to-read and student-friendly, this economics text places an emphasis on examples that give a concrete reality to economic relationships. With study tools found throughout the text, exam preparation and class projects have never been easier. Coverage of important knowledge used for empirical work and carrying out research projects in a variety of applied social science fields gives you a solid foundation for social science research.

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Introduction to Econometrics
By Christopher Dougherty


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2007-03-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199280967
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199280964
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:

Introduction to Econometrics provides an introduction to econometrics using analytical and intuitive methods of the classical linear regression model. Mathematical notation is kept simple and step-by-step explanations of mathematical proofs are provided to facilitate learning. The text also provided to facilitate learning. The text also contains a large number of practical exercises, enabling students to practice what they have learned.
This new edition has been substantially updated and revised with the inclusion of new material on specification tests, binary choice models, tobit analysis, sample selection bias, nonstationary time series, and unit root tests and basic cointegration. The new edition is also accompanied by a website with Powerpoint slideshows giving a parallel graphical treatment of topics treated in the book, cross-section and time series data sets, manuals for practical exercises, and lecture note extending the text.

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Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers
By Paul J. Nahin


Publisher: Princeton University Press
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2000-10-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0691009791
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780691009797
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

What are your chances of dying on your next flight, being called for jury duty, or winning the lottery? We all encounter probability problems in our everyday lives. In this collection of twenty-one puzzles, Paul Nahin challenges us to think creatively about the laws of probability as they apply in playful, sometimes deceptive, ways to a fascinating array of speculative situations. Games of Russian roulette, problems involving the accumulation of insects on flypaper, and strategies for determining the odds of the underdog winning the World Series all reveal intriguing dimensions to the workings of probability. Over the years, Nahin, a veteran writer and teacher of the subject, has collected these and other favorite puzzles designed to instruct and entertain math enthusiasts of all backgrounds.

If idiots A and B alternately take aim at each other with a six-shot revolver containing one bullet, what is the probability idiot A will win? What are the chances it will snow on your birthday in any given year? How can researchers use coin flipping and the laws of probability to obtain honest answers to embarrassing survey questions? The solutions are presented here in detail, and many contain a profound element of surprise. And some puzzles are beautiful illustrations of basic mathematical concepts: "The Blind Spider and the Fly," for example, is a clever variation of a "random walk" problem, and "Duelling Idiots" and "The Underdog and the World Series" are straightforward introductions to binomial distributions.

Written in an informal way and containing a plethora of interesting historical material, Duelling Idiots is ideal for those who are fascinated by mathematics and the role it plays in everyday life and in our imaginations.


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Six Sigma Statistics with EXCEL and MINITAB
By Issa Bass


Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 353
Publication Date: 2007-06-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 007148969X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071489690
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:


Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!

Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.

Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to Six Sigma statistical methods, plus expert coverage of Excel and Minitab, two of today's most popular programs for statistical analysis and data visualization.

Written by a seasoned Six Sigma Master Black Belt, the book explains how to create and interpret dot plots, histograms, and box plots using Minitab…decide on sampling strategies, sample size, and confidence intervals…apply hypothesis tests to compare variance, means, and proportions…conduct a regression and residual analysis…design and analyze an experiment…and much more.

Filled with clear, concise accounts of the theory for each statistical method presented, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab features:
Easy-to-follow explanations of powerful Six Sigma tools
A wealth of exercises and case studies
200 graphical illustrations for Excel and Minitab

Essential for achieving Six Sigma goals in any organization, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab is a unique, skills-building toolkit for mastering a wide range of vital statistical techniques, and for capitalizing on the potential of Excel and Minitab.

Six Sigma Statistical with Excel and Minitab offers operations and production managers a complete guide to Six Sigma statistical techniques, together with expert coverage of Excel and Minitab, two of today's most popular programs for statistical analysis and data visualization.

Written by Issa Bass, a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with years of hands-on experience in industry, this on-target resource takes readers through the application of each Six Sigma statistical tool, while presenting a straightforward tutorial for effectively utilizing Excel and Minitab. With the help of this essential reference, managers can:
Acquire the basic tools for data collection, organization, and description
Learn the fundamental principles of probability
Create and interpret dot plots, histograms, and box plots using Minitab
Decide on sampling strategies, sample size, and confidence intervals
Apply hypothesis tests to compare variance, means, and proportions
Stay on top of production processes with statistical process control
Use process capability analysis to ensure that processes meet customers' expectations
Employ analysis of variance to make inferences about more than two population means
Conduct a regression and residual analysis
Design and analyze an experiment

In addition, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab enables you to develop a better understanding of the Taguchi Method…use measurement system analysis to find out if measurement processes are accurate…discover how to test ordinal or nominal data with nonparametric statistics…and apply the full range of basic quality tools.

Filled with step-by-step exercises, graphical illustrations, and screen shots for performing Six Sigma techniques on Excel and Minitab, the book also provides clear, concise explanations of the theory for each of the statistical tools presented.

Authoritative and comprehensive, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab is a valuable skills-building resource for mastering all the statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while harnessing the power of Excel and Minitab.



Summary: Good stuff


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Approximation Theorems of Mathematical Statistics (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
By Robert J. Serfling


Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Number Of Pages: 392
Publication Date: 1980-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471024031
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471024033
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

This paperback reprint of one of the best in the field covers a broad range of limit theorems useful in mathematical statistics, along with methods of proof and techniques of application. The manipulation of "probability" theorems to obtain "statistical" theorems is emphasized.



Summary: Great Reference
Rating: 5

As a graduate student in statistics, I have had plenty of opportunities to browse through the pages of this book in search of that theorem, technique, or tool that would be applicable to my own work. In many occasions I was succesful in such search. This title compiles and synthesizes a wealth of definitions, theorems, and techniques classically used in asymptotic theory of estimators. It is as much as possible a self-contained work with enough introductory material to be used independently of other references. A bit outdated now, and with minimal material on dependent random variables, this title is still a classic compendium on statistical approximation theory.


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Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry
By James N. Miller, Jane C. Miller


Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Number Of Pages: 268
Publication Date: 2005-12-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0131291920
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780131291928
Binding: Paperback


Summary: Very useful book!
Rating: 4

This is an excellent statistics book for chemists. It has good examples of data from chemical assays and provides relevant analysis of the data to illustrate the points. I work in the pharmaceutical industry and I use it all the time, to give myself a good, all-round understanding of statistics for chemistry. This book doesn't go into in-depth statistics, so if you need something more meaty, look elsewhere. Overall, I found this book to have everything I've needed. I recommend it highly.


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Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies (4th Edition)
By Michael Barrow


Publisher: Prentice Hall
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2006-06-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 027368308X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780273683087
Binding: Paperback


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Lecture Notes in Survival Analysis (collection)
by Various Authors

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Counting People in the Information Age
By Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methods, National Research Council


Publisher: National Academies Press
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0309051789
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780309051781
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

How do you count a nation of more than 250 million people--many of whom are on the move and some of whom may not want to be counted? How can you obtain accurate population information for apportioning the House of Representatives, allocating government resources, and characterizing who we are and how we live?
This book attempts to answer these questions by reviewing the recent census operations and ongoing research and by offering detailed proposals


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Hidden Markov and Other Models for Discrete- valued Time Series (Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability)
By Iain L. MacDonald, Walter Zucchini


Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0412558505
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780412558504
Binding: Hardcover


Product Description:

Discrete-valued time series are common in practice, but methods for their analysis are not well-known. In recent years, methods have been developed which are specifically designed for the analysis of discrete-valued time series. Hidden Markov and Other Models for Discrete-Valued Time Series introduces a new, versatile, and computationally tractable class of models, the "hidden Markov" models. It presents a detailed account of these models, then applies them to data from a wide range of diverse subject areas, including medicine, climatology, and geophysics. This book will be invaluable to researchers and postgraduate and senior undergraduate students in statistics. Researchers and applied statisticians who analyze time series data in medicine, animal behavior, hydrology, and sociology will also find this information useful.



Summary: This is fairly good book for applications
Rating: 3

This book describes a variety of hidden Markov models and points out where they arise and how to estimate parameters of the model. It also points out where they arise in a natural manner and how the models can be used in applications. It is not supposed to be a mathematically rigorous treatment of the subject for which one should look elsewhere like the book by R.J.Elliott, L.Aggoun and J.B.Moore (1995): Hidden Markov Models: Estimation and Control. Springer-Verlag. It is easy to read. But it lacks depth to a certain extent and is not comprehensive enough to satisfy all types of needs.


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Biostatistica in Radiologia: Progettare, realizzare e scrivere un lavoro scientifico radiologico
By Francesco Sardanelli, Giovanni Di Leo


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 230
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 884700604X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9788847006041
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:


Lo scopo di questo libro consiste nel presentare ai radiologi problemi e metodi statistici in modo agile, ponendo l'accento su argomenti statistici frequentemente impiegati in studi radiologici (es. test non-parametrici, paragone di sensibilità e specificità nelle diverse modalità di imaging, differenze fra applicazioni cliniche e di screening di test radiologici, ecc). I test saranno presentati partendo da un problema radiologico e tutti gli esempi statistici di metodi e applicazioni saranno tratt


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Analysis of Integrated and Co-integrated Time Series with R (Use R)
By Bernhard Pfaff


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2008-08-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387759662
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387759661
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:


The analysis of integrated and co-integrated time series can be considered as the main methodology employed in applied econometrics. This book not only introduces the reader to this topic but enables him to conduct the various unit root tests and co-integration methods on his own by utilizing the free statistical programming environment R. The book encompasses seasonal unit roots, fractional integration, coping with structural breaks, and multivariate time series models. The book is enriched by numerous programming examples to artificial and real data so that it is ideally suited as an accompanying text book to computer lab classes.

The second edition adds a discussion of vector auto-regressive, structural vector auto-regressive, and structural vector error-correction models. To analyze the interactions between the investigated variables, further impulse response function and forecast error variance decompositions are introduced as well as forecasting. The author explains how these model types relate to each other.


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Analyzing Quantitative Data: From Description to Explanation
By Norman Blaikie


Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2003-03-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0761967591
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780761967590
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:


What basic knowledge and skills do novice researchers in social science require? How can students be helped to over-come `symbol phobia' or `figure blindness'?

This generous and constantly insightful book is designed for social researchers who need to know what procedures to use under what circumstances, in practical research projects. It accomplishes this without requiring an in-depth understanding of statistical theory, but also avoids both trivializing procedures or resorting to `cookbook' techniques. Among the key features of the book are:

- Accessibility

- Organization of the wide, often bewildering array of methods of data analysis into a coherent and user-friendly scheme of classification: types of analysis and levels of measurement

- Demystification - the first chapter unpacks commonly taken-for-granted concepts such as `analysis', `data' and `quantitative'

- Location of methods in real research problems

The book is a triumphant introduction to the theory and practice of quantitative methods. It will quickly establish itself as essential reading for students doing social research throughout the social sciences.

`With this book Norman Blaikie retains his reputation as the leading rapporteur and raconteur of social research methodology. With many other introductory texts, data analysis becomes just an exercise unto itself, and students (sometimes) learn to go through the motions without really knowing why. After working with Blaikie's text, novice researchers will know why quantitative inquiry is important' - Ray Pawson, University of Leeds


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Data Collection and Analysis
By Roger Sapsford, Victor Jupp


Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2006-03-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0761943633
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780761943631
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:

In simple and non-technical terms, the Second Edition of Data Collection and Analysis illustrates a wide range of techniques and approaches used in social research projects. Always accessible and engaging, this comprehensive text covers both quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis in social research, considering both the structure and logic of research projects and the ethics and politics of research.


A wide range of examples illustrate the text and a set of exercises runs throughout the book to aid the reader in understanding and planning research projects.


Building on the strengths of the First Edition, this new and expanded version includes:


- The addition of chapter introductions, summaries and key terms to guide the reader through the text

- Three brand new chapters focusing on: research and information on the Net; discourse research; ethnographic and discursive qualitative analysis

- Up-to-date examples of research in action

- New material on questionnaire design, composite measurement and techniques of quantitative and qualitative interviewing


An invaluable guide for students from across the social sciences, this wide-ranging volume is also a key resource for practitioners in a variety of applied areas including nursing, social work, the criminal justice system, teaching and education.


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Understanding and Using Statistics in Psychology: A Practical Introduction
By Jeremy Miles, Philip Banyard


Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Number Of Pages: 356
Publication Date: 2007-04-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0761943978
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780761943976
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:

Understanding and Using Statistics in Psychology takes the fear out of psychological statistics to help students understand why statistics are carried out, how to choose the best test, how to carry out the tests, and then perform the analysis in SPSS.

Emphasizing the place of statistical analysis in the process of conducting research, from design to report writing, this accessible and straightforward guide takes a non-technical approach, encouraging the reader to understand why a particular test is being used and what the results mean in the context of a psychological study. The focus is on meaning and understanding rather than numerical calculation.

Key Features:
Light and accessible style
Descriptions of the most commonly used statistical tests and the principles that underlie them
Real world psychological example datasets to aid the understanding of why statistics are valuable
Boxes on common errors, tips and quotes
Test yourself questions

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Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics: A Practical Guide for Students
By Jeremy J Foster, Emma Barkus, Christian Yavorsky


Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2006-01-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 141290014X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781412900140
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:


The spread of sophisticated computer packages and the machinery on which to run them has meant that procedures which were previously only available to experienced researchers with access to expensive machines and research students can now be carried out in a few seconds by almost every undergraduate. Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics provides the basis for gaining an understanding of what these analytic procedures do, when they should be used, and what the results provided signify.

This comprehensive textbook guides students and researchers through the transition from simple statistics to more complex procedures with accessible language and illustration. Each chapter covers a separate statistical method and provides:
An outline of the technique
Examples of the types of question it answers
An explanation of the information that can be gleaned from the results
Examples from published literature of how the technique has been used in a range of disciplines
Frequently asked questions
A comprehensive chapter summary
Suggestions for further reading
A glossary of key terms

As statistical techniques become increasingly common and the understanding of these becomes ever more essential, Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics is an essential guide for all students and researchers throughout the social sciences.
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Interpreting Quantitative Data with SPSS
By Rachad Antonius


Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Number Of Pages: 306
Publication Date: 2003-01-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0761973990
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780761973997
Binding: Paperback


Product Description:


By focusing on the use of SPSS as a tool to doing social research - and not the `be all and end all' to the research problem - this book will be an invaluable resource for students learning about descriptive statistics and some topics in inferential statistics for the first time. It will provide students with a range of tools to help interpret data in the context of their research and to be appropriately selective in the choice of methods for handling data.

Through its many features, concise content and overall clarity of writing this should be popular for students in a range of disciplines. It clearly explains the range of statistical techniques and their common applications and offers a useful evaluation of the context in which they should be applied.

Key features of the book include:

- 14 SPSS lab sessions which demonstrate how SPSS can be used in the practical research context

- Sets of exercises and `real-life' examples in each chapter to aid teaching and learning

- Offers a step-by-step guide to help students successfully integrate these examples in a descriptive written report

- Lists of key terms and further reading to enhance student's understanding of the subject

- User-friendly and accessible penetration throughout
Suggested exercises and answers will be available from the author's own webpage on publication. Please visit the link below.



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