Applying Contemporary Statistical Techniques
By- Rand Wilcox, University of Southern California
Applying Contemporary Statistical Techniques explains why traditional statistical methods are often inadequate or outdated when applied to modern problems. Wilcox demonstrates how new and more powerful techniques address these problems far more effectively, making these modern robust methods understandable, practical, and easily accessible.
Audience
Statisticians, practitioners, and students in social sciences and related fields.
Hardbound, 608 Pages
Published: December 2002
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-751541-0
Reviews
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"The book is quite unique in that it offers a lot of up-to-date statistical tools. No other book at this level comes close in this aspect." - Xuming He, University of Illinois, Urbana
Contents
- Introduction; Probability and Related Concepts; Summarizing Data; Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals; Hypothesis Testing; Least Squares Regression and Pearson's Correlation; Basic Bootstrap Methods; Comparing Two Independent Groups; One-Way Anova; Two-Way Anova; Comparing Dependent Groups; Multiple Comparisons; Detecting Outliers in Multivariate Data; More Regression Methods; Rank-Based and Nonparametric Methods
