M. D. Edge (Postdoctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Depar

Statistical Thinking from Scratch

A Primer for Scientists

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on detailed instruction in a single statistical technique, simple linear regression (SLR), with the goal of gaining tools, understanding, and intuition that can be applied to other contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 191mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780198827634
• ISBN-10: 0198827636
• Artikelnr.: 56985501

Autorenporträt

M. D. Edge is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Starting in 2020, he will be an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences in the Quantitative and Computational Biology section at the University of Southern California.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Prelude
1: Encountering Data
2: R and Exploratory Data Analysis
3: The Line of Best Fit
4: Probability and Random Variables
5: Properties of Random Variables
Interlude
6: Properties of Point Estimators
7: Interval Estimation and Inference
8: Semiparametric Estimation and Inference
9: Parametric Estimation and Inference
10: Bayesian Estimation and Inference
Postlude: Models and Data
Appendix A: A Tour of Calculus
Appendix B: More R Details
Appendix C: Answers to Exercises
Table of mathematical notation
Glossary
Bibliography
Index