By Leandro Pardo
October 10, 2005
The idea of using functionals of Information Theory, such as entropies or divergences, in statistical inference is not new. However, in spite of the fact that divergence statistics have become a very good alternative to the classical likelihood ratio test and the Pearson-type statistic in discrete ...
By Arijit Chaudhuri, Arijit Chaudhuri, Horst Stenger, Horst Stenger
March 29, 2005
Since publication of the first edition in 1992, the field of survey sampling has grown considerably. This new edition of Survey Sampling: Theory and Methods has been updated to include the latest research and the newest methods. The authors have undertaken the daunting task of surveying the ...
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By John T. Burr
December 28, 2004
Maintaining the reader-friendly features of its popular predecessor, the Second Edition illustrates fundamental principles and practices in statistical quality control for improved quality, reliability, and productivity in the management of production processes and industrial and business ...
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By William W.S. Chen
December 28, 2004
Statistical Methods in Computer Security summarizes discussions held at the recent Joint Statistical Meeting to provide a clear layout of current applications in the field. This blue-ribbon reference discusses the most influential advancements in computer security policy, firewalls, and security ...
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By Frank B. Baker, Seock-Ho Kim
July 20, 2004
Item Response Theory clearly describes the most recently developed IRT models and furnishes detailed explanations of algorithms that can be used to estimate the item or ability parameters under various IRT models. Extensively revised and expanded, this edition offers three new chapters discussing ...
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By Arjun K. Gupta, Saralees Nadarajah
June 21, 2004
A milestone in the published literature on the subject, this first-ever Handbook of Beta Distribution and Its Applications clearly enumerates the properties of beta distributions and related mathematical notions. It summarizes modern applications in a variety of fields, reviews up-and-coming ...
By Nitis Mukhopadhyay
March 22, 2000
Priced very competitively compared with other textbooks at this level!This gracefully organized textbook reveals the rigorous theory of probability and statistical inference in the style of a tutorial, using worked examples, exercises, numerous figures and tables, and computer simulations to ...
By Marvin Gruber
February 26, 1998
Offers a treatment of different kinds of James-Stein and ridge regression estimators from a frequentist and Bayesian point of view. The book explains and compares estimators analytically as well as numerically and includes Mathematica and Maple programs used in numerical comparison.;College or ...
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By Karl E. Peace
March 25, 1992
Focusing on group sequential procedures, summarizes the sequential statistical methods used in anticancer, antiviral, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal drug research and screening. The clinical and preclinical applications are mainly presented as case studies, many of which form part of New Drug...
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By Karl E. Peace
December 11, 1989
This book is a compilation of topics addressed by the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section work groups, including the etiology and evolution of the work groups, the work group guidelines and structure, and the statistical issues associated with clinical trials in clinical drug development programs....
By Dale S. Borowiak
February 07, 1989
Borowiak (math, U. of Akron) discusses model discrimination based upon incorrect selection probability, presents diagnostic statistics and formal hypothesis test procedures to assess a model's fit and stability, explains the use of computer computations such as the jackknife and bootstrap, and demon...
By R. E. Odeh
November 24, 1987
This book is an extension of some tables from Odeh and Owen, Volume 32 of the Marcel Dekker, Inc., series Statistics: Textbooks and Monographs. The need for these tables was pointed out to us by Dr. James M. Maynard, who worked with the Parts Per Million Subcommittee....