LEADER 02679nam 22006374a 450 001 9911019571903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610411078 010 $a9781280411076 010 $a1280411074 010 $a9780470023556 010 $a0470023554 010 $a9780470023549 010 $a0470023546 035 $a(CKB)1000000000357207 035 $a(EBL)255716 035 $a(OCoLC)71521126 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251062 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251062 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247189 035 $a(PQKB)11635334 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC255716 035 $a(Perlego)2776332 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000357207 100 $a20060126d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStatistical matching $etheory and practice /$fMarcello D'Orazio, Marco Di Zio and Mauro Scanu 210 $aChichester, England ;$aHoboken, NJ $cWiley$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 225 1 $aWiley series in survey methodology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780470023532 311 08$a0470023538 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-252) and index. 327 $aThe statistical matching problem -- The conditional independence assumption -- Auxiliary information -- Uncertainty in statistical matching -- Statistical matching and finite populations -- Issues in preparing for statistical matching -- Applications. 330 $aThere is more statistical data produced in today's modern society than ever before. This data is analysed and cross-referenced for innumerable reasons. However, many data sets have no shared element and are harder to combine and therefore obtain any meaningful inference from. Statistical matching allows just that; it is the art of combining information from different sources (particularly sample surveys) that contain no common unit. In response to modern influxes of data, it is an area of rapidly growing interest and complexity. Statistical Matching: Theory and Practice introduces the b 410 0$aWiley series in survey methodology. 606 $aStatistical matching 615 0$aStatistical matching. 676 $a519.5/2 686 $a31.73$2bcl 700 $aD'Orazio$b Marcello$0300116 701 $aDi Zio$b Marco$0300117 701 $aScanu$b Mauro$0150830 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019571903321 996 $aStatistical matching$9725650 997 $aUNINA