Probability and statistics Books

This book is aimed directly at students of geography, particularly those who lack confidence in manipulating numbers. The aim is not to teach the mathematics behind statistical tests, but to focus on the logic, so that students can choose the most...

This is the second edition of a monograph on generalized linear models with random effects that extends the classic work of McCullagh and Nelder. It has been thoroughly updated, with around 80 pages added, including new material on the extended...

Capture-recapture methods have recently become popular in the social and medical sciences to estimate the size of elusive populations such as illicit drug users or people with a drinking problem. This book brings together important developments which...

This book provides a broad perspective of new quantitative methods in HIV/AIDS research, contributed by those immersed in HIV research. It is the editors' hope that the work will inspire more statisticians, mathematicians and computer...

The advent of "Big Data" has brought with it a rapid diversification of data sources, requiring analysis that accounts for the fact that these data have often been generated and recorded for different reasons. Data integration involves combining data...

This accessible handbook explains how to apply statistical tests to experimental findings, identify the assumptions underlying the tests, and interpret the findings. Updated with the SPSS statistical package for Windows, this second edition now covers...

Engineers are expected to design structures and machines that can operate in challenging and volatile environments, while allowing for variation in materials and noise in measurements and signals. Statistics in Engineering, Second Edition: With Examples...

In real-life scenarios, service management involves complex decision-making processes usually affected by random or stochastic variables. Under such uncertain conditions, the development and use of robust and flexible strategies, algorithms, and methods...

Useful in many areas of medicine and biology, Bayesian methods are particularly attractive tools for the design of clinical trials and diagnostic tests, which are based on established information, usually from related previous studies. Advanced Bayesian...

Winner of the IIE Book of the Month for June 2012A project can be simple or complex. In each case, proven project management processes must be followed. In all cases of project management implementation, control must be exercised in order to assure that...

Based on a popular course taught by the late Gian-Carlo Rota of MIT, with many new topics covered as well, Introduction to Probability with R presents R programs and animations to provide an intuitive yet rigorous understanding of how to model natural...

Developed from celebrated Harvard statistics lectures, Introduction to Probability provides essential language and tools for understanding statistics, randomness, and uncertainty. The book explores a wide variety of applications and examples, ranging...

The R Companion to Elementary Applied Statistics includes traditional applications covered in elementary statistics courses as well as some additional methods that address questions that might arise during or after the application of commonly used...

This book provides an introduction to the use of statistical concepts and methods to model and analyze financial data. The ten chapters of the book fall naturally into three sections. Chapters 1 to 3 cover some basic concepts of finance, focusing on the...

The next step in the evolution of the organizational quality field, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has come of age. However, many challenges to using LSS in lieu of, in conjunction with, or integrated with other quality initiatives remain. An update on the current...

A Hands-On Approach to Understanding and Using Actuarial ModelsComputational Actuarial Science with R provides an introduction to the computational aspects of actuarial science. Using simple R code, the book helps you understand the algorithms involved...

Essai sur les lois du hasard (1862) est un livre �����crit par Alfred de Courcy. Cet essai explore les lois qui r�����gissent le hasard dans la vie quotidienne et dans les jeux de hasard. De Courcy examine �����galement les th�����ories math�����matiques...

Le livre intitul����� ""Instructions Populaires Sur Le Calcul Des Probabilit�����s"" a �����t����� �����crit en 1828 par Adolphe Quetelet. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui traite du calcul des probabilit�����s, un domaine des math�����matiques qui permet...

""M�����moire sur le calcul des probabilit�����s appliqu����� ������ la m�����decine"" est un livre �����crit par D'Amador Risueno en 1837. Ce livre traite de l'application des probabilit�����s ������ la m�����decine et de la mani�����re dont elles...

Essai Sur Une Exposition Nouvelle De La Theorie Analytique Des Probabilites A Posteriori (1857) est un livre �����crit par Antoine Meyer. Ce livre traite de la th�����orie analytique des probabilit�����s a posteriori. L'auteur y expose une nouvelle...

Phoronomia, Sive De Viribus Et Motibus Corporum, Liber Secundus: Solidorum Et Fluidorum (1716) a Hermanno, Jacobo scriptus, est opus quod de physicis tractat. In hoc libro, auctor de motibus et viribus corporum solidorum et fluidorum disputat. In primis,...

This text considers different parametric and nonparametric classification techniques to classify objects, and make a comparative study among these techniques. In most of the situations, classification techniques give few misclassifications under large...

Dr. Cătălin Bărboianu, a recognized authority in gaming mathematics, philosopher of science, and problem-gambling researcher, proposes in this practical guide for both problem and non-problem gamblers a new pragmatic, conceptual approach of gambling...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Mathematik - Statistik, Note: 2,0, Universität Rostock (Institut für Soziologie und Demographie), Veranstaltung: Quantitatives Forschungskolloquium, Teil II, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit...

This textbook is intended for introductory statistics courses being taken by students at two and four year colleges who are majoring in fields other than math or engineering.

Packed with insights, Lorenzo Bergomi's Stochastic Volatility Modeling explains how stochastic volatility is used to address issues arising in the modeling of derivatives, including:Which trading issues do we tackle with stochastic volatility? How do we...

A Practical Guide with Step-by-Step Explanations, Numerous Worked Examples, and R CodeThe A-Z of Error-Free Research describes the design, analysis, modeling, and reporting of experiments, clinical trials, and surveys. The book shows you when to use...

""A Treatise On Dynamics"" is a comprehensive book on the principles and laws of dynamics written by William Henry Besant in 1885. The book covers a wide range of topics related to the motion of bodies, including force, acceleration, momentum, energy,...

""Net Rates And Reserves Adapted To Calculations Involving Preliminary Term Insurance: Also Tables For Various Increasing Temporary Insurances"" is a book written by Wilbur S. Tupper and originally published in 1904. The book is a comprehensive guide to...

""Statistics Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland"" is a comprehensive reference book written by Alexander Thom in 1868. This book provides a detailed analysis of the economic, social, and political conditions of the United Kingdom during...

Soliditas Et Area Superticierum Frustorum Ungularium: Resectorum A Cylindris Rectis (1760) est liber auctore Stepling, Joseph. In hoc libro, Stepling tractat de geometria solida et area superticiaria frustorum ungularium, quae sunt resecta a cylindris...

On Probability, Part 1-2 is a book written by John William Lubbock and first published in 1830. The book is a comprehensive exploration of the concept of probability, which is a measure of the likelihood of an event occurring. The book is divided into...

""On The Motion Of Solids On Surfaces, In The Two Hypotheses Of Perfect Sliding And Perfect Rolling"" is a book written by Henry James Anderson in 1830. The book discusses the motion of solids on surfaces in two different hypotheses - perfect sliding and...

A Treatise On The Secular Equations Of The Moon�������s Mean Motion is a book written by John Nelson Stockwell in 1867. The book is a detailed analysis of the movements of the moon and its relationship with the Earth. It explores the secular equations of...

""A Study Of The Effect Of Temperature On Dissociation And On The Temperature Coefficients Of Conductivity In Aqueous Solutions"" is a scientific book written by Augustus Price West and originally published in 1905. The book explores the relationship...

Le Bombardier Prussien: Ou Du Mouvement Des Projettiles En Supposant La Resistance De L�������Air Proportionelle Au Quarre Des Vitesses (1781) est un livre �����crit par Georg Friedrich Von Tempelhoff. Ce livre traite du mouvement des projectiles en...

Eine moderne Sprache für interaktive Datenanalyse in moderner, klarer Präsentation! Zum Verständnis sind nur geringe Vorkenntnisse in Statistik und Programmierung nötig. Der Leser wird Schritt für Schritt in die Anwendungen und...

Since its first publication in 1965 in the series Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften this book has had a profound and enduring influence on research into the stochastic processes associated with diffusion phenomena...

Allgemeine Maße und das Lebesgue-Integral gehören zu den unverzichtbaren Hilfsmitteln der modernen Analysis, der Funktionalanalysis und der Stochastik. Das vorliegende Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in die wesentlichen Aspekte der Theorie - Maße,...

Written for anyone involved in the data preparation process for analytics, Gerhard Svolba's Data Preparation for Analytics Using SAS offers practical advice in the form of SAS coding tips and tricks, and provides the reader with a conceptual background...

The use of statistics in biology, medicine, engineering, and the sciences has grown dramatically in recent years and having a basic background in the subject has become a near necessity for students and researchers in these fields. Although many...

Although portfolio management didn't change much during the 40 years after the seminal works of Markowitz and Sharpe, the development of risk budgeting techniques marked an important milestone in the deepening of the relationship between risk and asset...

""Osmotic Pressure Measurements Of Glucose Solutions At 30, 40, 50 And 60 Degrees"" is a scientific book written by Amos Sentman Musselman in 1915. The book focuses on the study of osmotic pressure, which is the pressure that must be applied to a...

Relative Masses of Binary Stars is a scientific book written by Stephen Marshall Hadley and published in 1905. The book is a detailed analysis of the masses of binary stars, which are two stars that orbit around a common center of mass. The author...

The object of this book,"Any Given Day" is to take the gamble out of sports gambling. The statistical probability system explained in this book is an objective system for both professional football and basketball. There is no guess work as the system...