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ExamWise® Volume 1 CFA 2008 Level I Certification With Preliminary Reading Assignments For Chartered Financial Analyst (With Download Software) (Examwise)
By CFA, Jane Vessey, CFA, M. Afdal Pamilih, David Stewart


Publisher: TotalRecall Publications
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1590959450
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781590959459
Binding: Paperback


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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Start Here to pass the CFA Level I exam

Use This Concept Check 400 Question and Answer Workbook to Study for the 2008 Chartered Financial Analyst Level 1 Exam

It is critical that you design a successful study program. There are no short cuts to passing the CFA exam, and pass rates have been falling. It is a tough exam and you will need to both learn the underlying material and do plenty of practice questions that test your knowledge and prepare you for the CFA-style question and answer format.

This Volume 1 workbook is just what the title states. It has 400 questions that cover the 76 Reading Assignments for 2008 CFA Level I. It teaches you the basic concepts covered in the CFA Preliminary Readings and tests your understanding of them, preparing you to move on to more advanced study materials. It includes Concept Check questions, with explanations and references related to specific LOS statements, and is accompanied by a free download test engine that generates multiple mock exams.

This unbeatable package of comprehensive Preliminary Reading Assignments and Concept Check Questions includes:
400 Concept Check Questions covering all 18 exam study sessions and 76 learning outcome statements.

Helpful tips and time management techniques to calm your pre-exam jitters and put you in control.

FREE DOWNLOAD of the exclusive TotalRecallPress.com Self-Help and Interactive Exam Study Aid. Our interactive test engine generates randomized mock exams designed to identify your strengths and weaknesses so you can determine where best to allocate your limited study time.

Membership access at Customized Forum Associates www.FinancialCertification.com. FREE communication and collaboration with current financial candidates from around the world in our Forums area. Users can view, post, and reply to messages relating to specific financial topics or general interest.


For an additional set of 500 unique practice Questions you will want to purchase the following companion that covers all 18 Study Sessions with each of the 76 Learning Outcome Statements.

ExamWise Volume 2 CFA 2008 Level I Certification: Concept Check Q & A Workbook For
Chartered Financial Analyst (with Download Practice Exam Software) ISBN # 978-1-59095-949-7

Authors: Jane Vessey, Afdal Pamilih, and David Stewart are CFA's with combined experience in venture capital, asset management and valuation, structural reorganization, and private client management. They have extensive experience in teaching CFA online, college, and professional development courses. Their books, articles, manuals, practice exams, analysis, commentary, and study guides have appeared widely in the financial management, securities, and exam preparation industries.



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Least Absolute Deviations: Theory, Applications, and Algorithms (Progress in Probability and Statistics, Vol 6)
by Peter Bloomfield

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Nonparametric Econometrics (Themes in Modern Econometrics)
By Adrian Pagan, Aman Ullah


Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 442
Publication Date: 1999-06-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521355648
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521355643
Binding: Hardcover


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This book systematically and thoroughly covers a vast literature on the nonparametric and semiparametric statistics and econometrics that has evolved over the past five decades. Within this framework, this is the first book to discuss the principles of the nonparametric approach to the topics covered in a first year graduate course in econometrics, e.g., regression function, heteroskedasticity, simultaneous equations models, logit-probit and censored models. Professors Pagan and Ullah provide intuitive explanations of difficult concepts, heuristic developments of theory, and empirical examples emphasizing the usefulness of modern nonparametric approach. The book should provide a new perspective on teaching and research in applied subjects in general and econometrics and statistics in particular.

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Probability, Statistics, and Their Applications: Papers in Honor of Rabi Bhattacharya (Lecture Notes-Monograph Series, V. 41)
By R. N. Bhattacharya, Krishna B. Athreya
Publisher: Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Number Of Pages: 292
Publication Date: 2004-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0940600552
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780940600553
Binding: Paperback

CONTENTS:
Preface
Rabi Bhattacharya: bibliography
Iteration of IID random maps on R+
Adaptive estimation of directional trend
Simulating constrained animal motion using stochastic differential equations
Theta-expansions and the generalized Gauss map
On Ito's complex measure condition
Variational formulas and explicit bounds of Poincare-type inequalities for one-dimensional processes
Brownian motion and the classical groups
Transition density of a reflected symmetric stable Levy process in an orthant
On conditional central limit theorems for stationary processes
Polynomially harmonizable processes and finitely polynomially determined Levy processes
Effects of smoothing on distribution approximations
Survival under uncertainty in an exchange economy
Singular stochastic control in optimal investment and hedging in the presence of transaction costs
Parametric empirical Bayes model selection - some theory, methods and simulation
A theorem of large deviations for the equilibrium prices in random exchange economies
Asymptotic estimation theory of change-point problems for time series regression models and its applications
Fractional Brownian motion as a differentiable generalized Gaussian process


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Regression Analysis of Count Data
By A. Colin Cameron, Pravin K. Trivedi


Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 411
Publication Date: 1998-10-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521632013
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521632010
Binding: Hardcover


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Students in both the natural and social sciences often seek regression models to explain the frequency of events, such as visits to a doctor, auto accidents or job hiring. This analysis provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of models and methods to interpret such data. The authors combine theory and practice to make sophisticated methods of analysis accessible to practitioners working with widely different types of data and software. The treatment will be useful to researchers in areas such as applied statistics, econometrics, operations research, actuarial studies, demography, biostatistics, and quantitatively-oriented sociology and political science. The book may be used as a reference work on count models or by students seeking an authoritative overview. The analysis is complemented by template programs available on the Internet through the authors' homepages.

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Bayesian Evaluation of Informative Hypotheses (Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences)
By Herbert Hoijtink, Irene Klugkist, Paul A. Boelen


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 364
Publication Date: 2008-09-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387096116
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387096117
Binding: Hardcover


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This book provides the philosophical, statistical and psychological foundation for the evaluation of informed hypotheses.


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Premiers pas en simulation (Statistique et probabilités appliquées)
By Yadolah Dodge, Giuseppe Melfi


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 162
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 228779493X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9782287794933
Binding: Paperback


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Ce livre est une introduction aux techniques de simulation. Cette méthode numérique permet de reconstituer fictivement l’évolution d’un phénomène et offre un complément aux méthodes analytiques parfois incapables de traiter des problèmes aux multiples variables. La simulation trouve de nombreuses applications dans l’industrie, en économie, en sciences sociales, en physique des particules, en astronomie.

Après un bref rappel des techniques fondamentales du calcul des probabilités, le livre expose diverses méthodes pour générer en grande quantité des nombres aléatoires. Ceux-ci sont un élément central de toute simulation. Les transformations de variables utilisées pour simuler des échantillons fictifs d’une variable aléatoire, et les tests d’hypothèses, qui permettent de valider des modèles pour des simulations à plus long terme, font l’objet des chapitres suivants. Enfin, la dernière partie porte sur la méthode de Monte Carlo et ses applications.

Tout au long de l’ouvrage, le lecteur est guidé par de nombreux exemples qui illustrent des applications très concrètes de ces diverses méthodes. En fin de chapitre, des exercices permettent à chacun de développer son savoir-faire.

Écrit dans un langage simple, ce livre s’adresse à un public de non-spécialistes : non seulement les mathématiciens n’ayant pas de formation approfondie en statistique, mais aussi les ingénieurs et les informaticiens confrontés quotidiennement à l’analyse de phénomènes complexes trouveront des indications utiles pour leur travail.


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Record Keeping in Psychotherapy and Counseling: Protecting Confidentiality and the Professional Relationship
By Ellen Luepker


Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2002-12-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1583913068
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781583913062
Binding: Paperback


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Confidentiality is the undisputed cornerstone of the therapeutic process. This text meets the increasing obligation practitioners have to protect their patients while protecting their practices. Drawing on her wealth of experience accumulated over years of practice, supervising and consulting with numerous practitioners on record keeping issues, the author provides valuable and practical tips along with sound general advice. It is a practical and authoritative source that no psychotherapist or clinical supervisor should be without.

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Elementary Decision Theory
By Herman Chernoff, Lincoln E. Moses


Publisher: Dover Publications
Number Of Pages: 364
Publication Date: 1987-02-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486652181
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486652184
Binding: Paperback


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This well-respected introduction to statistics and statistical theory covers data processing, probability and random variables, utility and descriptive statistics, computation of Bayes strategies, models, testing hypotheses and much more. Clearly written, brief, well-indexed and abundantly equipped with exercise material.

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Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
By Philip Hunt, Joanne Kennedy


Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 468
Publication Date: 2004-07-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470863595
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470863596
Binding: Paperback


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The term Financial Derivative is a very broad term which has come to mean any financial transaction whose value depends on the underlying value of the asset concerned. Sophisticated statistical modelling of derivatives enables practitioners in the banking industry to reduce financial risk and ultimately increase profits made from these transactions.

The book originally published in March 2000 to widespread acclaim. This revised edition has been updated with minor corrections and new references, and now includes a chapter of exercises and solutions, enabling use as a course text.
Comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of financial derivatives.
Discusses and elaborates on the theory of interest rate derivatives, an area of increasing interest.
Divided into two self-contained parts – the first concentrating on the theory of stochastic calculus, and the second describes in detail the pricing of a number of different derivatives in practice.
Written by well respected academics with experience in the banking industry.

A valuable text for practitioners in research departments of all banking and finance sectors. Academic researchers and graduate students working in mathematical finance.

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Language Discourse and Borders in the Yugoslav Successor States
By Birgitta Busch, Helen Kelly-Holmes


Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Number Of Pages: 87
Publication Date: 2004-09-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1853597325
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781853597329
Binding: Hardcover


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Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics (Reference Sources in Science and Technology)
By Martha A. Tucker, Nancy D. Anderson


Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2004-09-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1563087014
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781563087011
Binding: Hardcover


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This book is a reference for librarians, mathematicians, and statisticians involved in college and research level mathematics and statistics in the 21st century. We are in a time of transition in scholarly communications in mathematics, practices which have changed little for a hundred years are giving way to new modes of accessing information. Where journals, books, indexes and catalogs were once the physical representation of a good mathematics library, shelves have given way to computers, and users are often accessing information from remote places. Part I is a historical survey of the past 15 years tracking this huge transition in scholarly communications in mathematics. Part II of the book is the bibliography of resources recommended to support the disciplines of mathematics and statistics. These are grouped by type of material. Publication dates range from the 1800's onwards. Hundreds of electronic resources-some online, both dynamic and static, some in fixed media, are listed among the paper resources. Amazingly a majority of listed electronic resources are free.


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Innovations in Bayesian Networks: Theory and Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence)
by Dawn E. Holmes, Lakhmi C. Jain


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Financial and Actuarial Statistics: An Introduction (Statistics: a Series of Textbooks and Monogrphs)
By Dale S. Borowiak


Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824742702
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824742706
Binding: Hardcover


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Based on a loss function approach, this comprehensive reference reviews the most recent advances in financial and actuarial modeling, providing a strong statistical background for advanced methods in pension plan structuring, risk estimation, and modeling of investment and options pricing. An authoritative tool supplying every conceptual model and technique required by the modern financial investigator, Financial and Actuarial Statistics offers an analysis of American options models, mortality adjustment factors for increased risk individuals, time trend regression adjustments for mortality tables, and simulation approaches for stochastic models.


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Difference Equations with Public Health Applications (Biostatistics (New York, N.Y.), 6.)
By Lemuel A. Moyé, Asha Seth Kapadia


Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 392
Publication Date: 2000-12-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824704479
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824704476
Binding: Hardcover


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This study of difference equations with public health applications develops the methodology for the solution of the general kth order linear difference equation using the generating function approach. It includes an examination of the dynamics of disease spread and containment in populations using illness-death models. There are over 1000 featured mathematical expressions.


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Nonparametric Statistical Inference, Fourth Edition (Statistics: a Series of Textbooks and Monogrphs)
By Jean Dickinson Gibbons, Subhabrata Chakraborti


Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 680
Publication Date: 2003-05-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824740521
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824740528
Binding: Hardcover


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Thoroughly revised and reorganized, the Fourth Edition presents in-depth coverage of the theory and methods of the most widely used nonparametric procedures in statistical analysis and offers example applications appropriate for all areas of the social, behavioral, and life sciences. The book presents new material on the quantiles, the calculation of exact and simulated power, multiple comparisons, additional goodness-of-fit tests, methods of analysis of count data, and modern computer applications using MINITAB, SAS, and STATXACT! This highly-regarded reference now includes tabular guides for simplified applications of tests, and finding P values and confidence interval estimates. detailed summaries in each chapter…increased amounts of numerical examples…extended listings of probability functions…new and modified problems and examples based on real-world research situations…and answers to selected problems.

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Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Second Edition, (Statistics: a Series of Textbooks and Monogrphs)
By Narayan C. Giri


Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 550
Publication Date: 2003-11-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824747135
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824747138
Binding: Hardcover


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Significantly revised and expanded, Multivariate Staitstical Analysis, Second Edition addresses several new topics related to the properties and characterization of symmetric distribution, elliptically symmetric multivariate distributions, singular symmetric distributions, estimation of covariance matrices, tests of mean against one-sided alternatives, and more. Its discussions and examples draws on a wide range of multivariate data, from biometry, agriculture, biomedical science, economics, to filtering and stochastic control, stock market data analysis, and random signal processing. New topics include properties and characterization of symmetric distributions, elliptically symmetric multivariate distributions, singular symmetrical distributions, and regression and correlations in symmetrical distributions.

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SPSS 12 Made Simple
by Colin D. Gray, Paul R. Kinnear

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Feedforward Neural Network Methodology (Springer Series in Statistics)
By Terrence L. Fine


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 340
Publication Date: 1999-06-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387987452
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387987453
Binding: Hardcover


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This monograph provides a thorough and coherent introduction to the mathematical properties of feedforward neural networks and to the computationally intensive methodology that has enabled their highly successful application to complex problems of pattern classification, forecasting, regression, and nonlinear systems modeling. The reader is provided with the information needed to make practical use of the powerful modeling and design tool of feedforward neural networks, as well as presented with the background needed to make contributions to several research frontiers. This work is therefore of interest to those in electrical engineering, operations research, computer science, and statistics who would like to use nonlinear modeling of stochastic phenomena to treat problems of pattern classification, forecasting, signal processing, machine intelligence, and nonlinear regression. T.L. Fine is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University.

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Mathematical Methods of Statistics. (PMS-9)
By Harald Cramer


Publisher: Princeton University Press
Number Of Pages: 575
Publication Date: 1999-03-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0691005478
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780691005478
Binding: Paperback


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In this classic of statistical mathematical theory, Harald Cramér joins the two major lines of development in the field: while British and American statisticians were developing the science of statistical inference, French and Russian probabilitists transformed the classical calculus of probability into a rigorous and pure mathematical theory. The result of Cramér's work is a masterly exposition of the mathematical methods of modern statistics that set the standard that others have since sought to follow.

For anyone with a working knowledge of undergraduate mathematics the book is self contained. The first part is an introduction to the fundamental concept of a distribution and of integration with respect to a distribution. The second part contains the general theory of random variables and probability distributions while the third is devoted to the theory of sampling, statistical estimation, and tests of significance.

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A Distribution-Free Theory of Nonparametric Regression
By László Györfi, Michael Kohler, Adam Krzyzak, Harro Walk


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: 2002-08-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387954414
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387954417
Binding: Hardcover


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This book provides a systematic in-depth analysis of nonparametric regression with random design. It covers almost all known estimates such as classical local averaging estimates including kernel, partitioning and nearest neighbor estimates, least squares estimates using splines, neural networks and radial basis function networks, penalized least squares estimates, local polynomial kernel estimates, and orthogonal series estimates. The emphasis is on distribution-free properties of the estimates. Most consistency results are valid for all distributions of the data. Whenever it is not possible to derive distribution-free results, as in the case of the rates of convergence, the emphasis is on results which require as few constrains on distributions as possible, on distribution-free inequalities, and on adaptation. The relevant mathematical theory is systematically developed and requires only a basic knowledge of probability theory. The book will be a valuable reference for anyone interested in nonparametric regression and is a rich source of many useful mathematical techniques widely scattered in the literature. In particular, the book introduces the reader to empirical process theory, martingales and approximation properties of neural networks.

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Computer-Aided Econometrics (Statistics: a Series of Textbooks and Monogrphs)
By David E. A. Giles


Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 520
Publication Date: 2003-06-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824742710
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824742713
Binding: Hardcover


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Emphasizing the impact of computer software and computational technology on econometric theory and development, this reference presents advances in the application of computerized tools to econometric techniques and practices. The book focuses on current innovations in Monte Carlo simulation, computer-aided testing, and Bayesian methodology for improved econometric analyses and presents unique computational strategies for making original breakthroughs in econometric science. Computer-Aided Econometrics illustrates the flexibility of Geweke's Bayesian econometrics software and describes the use of the Data Based Information Theoretic estimator for a wide range of inverse problems.


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