Bibliograph

Ten Projects in Applied Statistics, by Peter McCullagh

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Ten Projects in Applied Statistics, by Peter McCullagh

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ten Projects in Applied Statistics

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1369197225

Responsibility statement

by Peter McCullagh

Series statement

Springer Series in Statistics,, 2197-568XSpringer eBooks.

Summary

The first half of the book is aimed at quantitative research workers in biology, medicine, ecology and genetics. The book as a whole is aimed at graduate students in statistics, biostatistics, and other quantitative disciplines. Ten detailed examples show how the author approaches real-world statistical problems in a principled way that allows for adequate compromise and flexibility. The need to accommodate correlations associated with space, time and other relationships is a recurring theme, so variance-components models feature prominently. Statistical pitfalls are illustrated via examples taken from the recent scientific literature. Chapter 11 sets the scene, not just for the second half of the book, but for the book as a whole. It begins by defining fundamental concepts such as baseline, observational unit, experimental unit, covariates and relationships, randomization, treatment assignment, and the role that these play in model formulation. Compatibility of the model with the randomization scheme is crucial. The effect of treatment is invariably modelled as a group action on probability distributions. Technical matters connected with space-time covariance functions, residual likelihood, likelihood ratios, and transformations are discussed in later chapters.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Rat Surgery -- 2. Chain Saws -- 3. Fruit Flies -- 4. Growth Curves -- 5. Louse Evolution -- 6. Time Series I -- 7. Time Series II -- 8. Out of Africa -- 9. Environmental Projects -- 10. Fulmar Fitness -- 11. Basic Concepts -- 12. Principles -- 13. Initial Values -- 14. Probability Distributions -- 15. Gaussian Distributions -- 16. Space-Time Processes -- 17. Likelihood -- 18. Residual Likelihood -- 19. Response Transformation -- 20. Presentations and Reports -- 21. Q & A.

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