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Four years have passed since the first edition of this book. During this time I have had the opportunity to apply it in classes obtaining feedback from students and inspiration for improvements. I have also benefited from many comments by users of the book. For the present second edition large parts of the book have undergone major revision, although the basic concept - concise but sufficiently rigorous mathematical treatment with emphasis on computer applications to real datasets -, has been retained. The second edition improvements are as follows: - Inclusion of R as an application tool. As a matter of fact, R is a free software product which has nowadays reached a high level of maturity and is being increasingly used by many people as a statistical analysis tool. - Chapter 3 has an added section on bootstrap estimation methods, which have gained a large popularity in practical applications. - A revised explanation and treatment of tree classifiers in Chapter 6 with the inclusion of the QUEST approach. - Several improvements of Chapter 7 (regression), namely: details concerning the meaning and computation of multiple and partial correlation coefficients, with examples; a more thorough treatment and exemplification of the ridge regression topic; more attention dedicated to model evaluation. - Inclusion in the book CD of additional MATLAB functions as well as a set of R functions. - Extra examples and exercises have been added in several chapters. - The bibliography has been revised and new references added.
List of contents
Presenting and Summarising the Data.- Estimating Data Parameters.- Parametric Tests of Hypotheses.- Non-Parametric Tests of Hypotheses.- Statistical Classification.- Data Regression.- Data Structure Analysis.- Survival Analysis.- Directional Data.
Summary
This book provides broad coverage of statistical topics and methods, and goes further to include applications of real-life data and problems across a range of fields. An instructional guide is included showing how to use STATISTICA, SPSS and MATLAB in statistical analysis applications. The book includes the popular free R language as one of the application tools. This new Second Edition includes a section on bootstrap estimation methods, which have earned considerable popularity in practical applications It also expands the section on correlation measures, adding matters such as partial and multiple correlation.
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From the reviews:"Aimed at students, professionals and research workers who need to apply statistical analysis to a large variety of practical problems using SPSS, MATLAB and STATISTICA, this book provides a comprehensive coverage of the main statistical analysis topics … . The relevant notions and methods are explained concisely, illustrated with practical examples using real data, presented with the distinct intention of clarifying sensible practical issues." (T. Postelnicu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1028, 2004)From the reviews of the second edition:"Readership: Students, professionals and research workers … who are interested in statistical methods and statistical program packages. The book is a … large treatment of many basic statistical methods and procedures. It presents both theoretical issues and a wide variety of applications, examples and exercises. These cover such areas as engineering, medicine, biology, psychology, economy, geology, and astronomy. … After all, I would easily recommend this book for those who are interested in the program packages mentioned in the title." (Kimmo Vehkalahti, International Statistical Review, Vol. 75 (3), 2007)
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From the reviews:
"Aimed at students, professionals and research workers who need to apply statistical analysis to a large variety of practical problems using SPSS, MATLAB and STATISTICA, this book provides a comprehensive coverage of the main statistical analysis topics ... . The relevant notions and methods are explained concisely, illustrated with practical examples using real data, presented with the distinct intention of clarifying sensible practical issues." (T. Postelnicu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1028, 2004)
From the reviews of the second edition:
"Readership: Students, professionals and research workers ... who are interested in statistical methods and statistical program packages. The book is a ... large treatment of many basic statistical methods and procedures. It presents both theoretical issues and a wide variety of applications, examples and exercises. These cover such areas as engineering, medicine, biology, psychology, economy, geology, and astronomy. ... After all, I would easily recommend this book for those who are interested in the program packages mentioned in the title." (Kimmo Vehkalahti, International Statistical Review, Vol. 75 (3), 2007)
