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Record Nr.

UNISA996511863503316

Autore

McCullagh P. J (Peter John)

Titolo

Ten projects in applied statistics / / Peter McCullagh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

9783031142758

9783031142741

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 pages)

Collana

Springer Series in Statistics, , 2197-568X

Disciplina

519.5

Soggetti

Mathematical statistics

Mathematical statistics - Asymptotic theory

Estadística

Investigació quantitativa

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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. .

Sommario/riassunto

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.