Cause and correlation in biology : a user's guide to path analysis, structural equations, and causal inference / / Bill Shipley [[electronic resource]]
| Cause and correlation in biology : a user's guide to path analysis, structural equations, and causal inference / / Bill Shipley [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Shipley Bill <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 570/.1/5195 |
| Soggetto topico | Biometry |
| ISBN |
1-107-12154-X
1-280-43001-X 9786610430017 0-511-17348-2 0-511-01772-3 0-511-15255-8 0-511-32339-5 0-511-60594-3 0-511-04681-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Preliminaries; 2 From cause to correlation and back; 3 Sewall Wright, path analysis and d-separation; 4 Path analysis and maximum likelihood; 5 Measurement error and latent variables; 6 The structural equations model; 7 Nested models and multilevel models; 8 Exploration, discovery and equivalence; Appendix; References; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Cause & Correlation in Biology |
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Cause and correlation in biology : a user's guide to path analysis, structural equations, and causal inference / / Bill Shipley [[electronic resource]]
| Cause and correlation in biology : a user's guide to path analysis, structural equations, and causal inference / / Bill Shipley [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Shipley Bill <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 570/.1/5195 |
| Soggetto topico | Biometry |
| ISBN |
1-107-12154-X
1-280-43001-X 9786610430017 0-511-17348-2 0-511-01772-3 0-511-15255-8 0-511-32339-5 0-511-60594-3 0-511-04681-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Preliminaries; 2 From cause to correlation and back; 3 Sewall Wright, path analysis and d-separation; 4 Path analysis and maximum likelihood; 5 Measurement error and latent variables; 6 The structural equations model; 7 Nested models and multilevel models; 8 Exploration, discovery and equivalence; Appendix; References; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Cause & Correlation in Biology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777079803321 |
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Cause and correlation in biology : a user's guide to path analysis, structural equations, and causal inference / / Bill Shipley
| Cause and correlation in biology : a user's guide to path analysis, structural equations, and causal inference / / Bill Shipley |
| Autore | Shipley Bill <1960-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, NY. USA, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 570/.1/5195 |
| Soggetto topico | Biometry |
| ISBN |
1-107-12154-X
1-280-43001-X 9786610430017 0-511-17348-2 0-511-01772-3 0-511-15255-8 0-511-32339-5 0-511-60594-3 0-511-04681-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Preliminaries; 2 From cause to correlation and back; 3 Sewall Wright, path analysis and d-separation; 4 Path analysis and maximum likelihood; 5 Measurement error and latent variables; 6 The structural equations model; 7 Nested models and multilevel models; 8 Exploration, discovery and equivalence; Appendix; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910965155803321 |
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| Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, NY. USA, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 | ||
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Modern applied biostatistical methods using S-Plus / / Steve Selvin
| Modern applied biostatistical methods using S-Plus / / Steve Selvin |
| Autore | Selvin S. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 461 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 570/.1/5195 |
| Collana |
Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics
Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Biometry
Biology - Data processing S (Computer program language) |
| ISBN |
0-19-773778-1
1-280-75989-5 9786610759897 0-19-974773-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- 1. S-language -- In the beginning -- Three data types-and some input conventions -- Reading values into SPLUS -- S-tools-a beginning set -- S-arithmetic -- More S-tools-intermediate set -- S-tools for statistics -- Statistical distributions in SPLUS -- Arrays and tables -- Matrix algebra tools -- Some additional S-tools -- Four S-code examples -- The .Data file -- Addendum: Built-in editors -- Problem set I -- 2. Descriptive Techniques -- Description of descriptive statistics -- Basic statistical measures -- Histogram smoothing-density estimation -- Stem-and-leaf display -- Comparison of groups-t-test -- Comparison of groups-boxplots -- Comparison of data to a theoretical distribution-quantile plots -- Comparison of groups-qqplots -- xy-plot -- Three-dimensional plots-perspective plots -- Three-dimensional plots-contour plots -- Three-dimensional plots-rotation -- Smoothing -- Two-dimensional smoothing of spatial data -- Clusters as a description of data -- Additivity-"sweeping" an array -- Example-geographic calculations using S-functions -- Estimation of the center of a two-dimensional distribution -- Addendum: S-geometry -- Problem set II -- 3. Simulation: Random Values -- Random uniform values -- An example -- Sampling without and with replacement -- Random sample from a discrete probability distribution-acceptance/rejection sampling -- Random sample from a discrete probability distribution-inverse transform method -- Binomial probability distribution -- Hypergeometric probability distribution -- Poisson probability distribution -- Geometric probability distribution -- Random samples from a continuous distribution -- Inverse transform method -- Simulating values from the normal distribution -- Four other statistical distributions -- Simulating minimum and maximum values -- Butler's method.
Random values over a complex region -- Multivariate normal variables -- Problem set III -- 4. General Linear Models -- Simplest case-univariate linear regression -- Multivariable case -- Multivariable linear model -- A closer look at residual values -- Predict-pointwise confidence intervals -- Formulas for glm( ) -- Polynomial regression -- Discriminant analysis -- Linear logistic model -- Categorical data-bivariate linear logistic model -- Multivariable data-linear logistic model -- Goodness-of-fit -- Poisson model -- Multivariable Poisson model -- Problem set IV -- 5. Estimation -- Estimation: Maximum Likelihood -- Estimator properties -- Maximum likelihood estimator -- Scoring to find maximum likelihood estimates -- Multiparameter estimation -- Generalized scoring -- Estimation: Bootstrap -- Background -- General outline -- Sample mean from a normal population -- Confidence limits -- An example-relative risk -- Median -- Simple linear regression -- Jackknife estimation -- Bias estimation -- Two-sample test-bootstrap approach -- Two-sample test-randomization approach -- Estimation: Least Squares -- Least squares properties -- Non-linear least squares estimation -- Problem set V -- 6. Analysis of Tabular Data -- Two by two tables -- Matched pairs-binary response -- Two by k table -- Measures of association-2 x 2 table -- Measures of association-r x c table -- Measures of association-table with ordinal variables -- Loglinear model -- Multidimensional-k-level variables -- High dimensional tables -- Problem set VI -- 7. Analysis of Variance and Some Other S-Functions -- Analysis of variance -- One-way design -- Nested design -- Two-way classification with one observation per cell -- Matched pairs-measured response -- Two-way classification with more than one observation per cell -- Leaps-a model selection technique -- Principal components. Canonical correlations -- Problem set VII -- 8. Rates, Life Tables, and Survival -- Rates -- Life tables -- Survival analysis-an introduction -- Nonparametric estimation of a survival curve -- Hazard rate-estimation -- Mean/median survival time -- Proportional hazards model -- Problem set VIII -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
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| New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 | ||
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Modern applied biostatistical methods using S-Plus [[electronic resource] /] / Steve Selvin
| Modern applied biostatistical methods using S-Plus [[electronic resource] /] / Steve Selvin |
| Autore | Selvin S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 461 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 570/.1/5195 |
| Collana | Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Biometry
Biology - Data processing |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-75989-5
9786610759897 0-19-974773-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456612703321 |
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modern applied biostatistical methods using S-Plus [[electronic resource] /] / Steve Selvin
| Modern applied biostatistical methods using S-Plus [[electronic resource] /] / Steve Selvin |
| Autore | Selvin S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 461 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 570/.1/5195 |
| Collana | Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Biometry
Biology - Data processing |
| ISBN |
0-19-773778-1
1-280-75989-5 9786610759897 0-19-974773-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780791003321 |
Selvin S
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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