Statistical matching [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice / / Marcello D'Orazio, Marco Di Zio and Mauro Scanu

• Autore: D'Orazio Marcello
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 519.5
• Soggetto topico: Statistical matching
• Classificazione: 31.73
• Altri autori: Di ZioMarco ScanuMauro
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-252) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: There 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Statistical matching
• ISBN: 1-280-41107-4; 9786610411078; 0-470-02355-4; 0-470-02354-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830446503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley series in survey methodology.