Understanding Advanced Statistical Methods (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science), Hardcover, 1 Edition by Westfall, Peter

Hardcover: 1 Edition
9781466512108
1466512105

Publication Date: 2013-04-09
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Hardcover : 569 pages
Edition: 1 Edition
Author: Westfall, Peter
ISBN-10: 1466512105
ISBN-13: 9781466512108

Product Description Providing a much-needed bridge between elementary statistics courses and advanced research methods courses, Understanding Advanced Statistical Methods helps students grasp the fundamental assumptions and machinery behind sophisticated statistical topics, such as logistic regression, maximum likelihood, bootstrapping, nonparametrics, and Bayesian methods. The book teaches students how to properly model, think critically, and design their own studies to avoid common errors. It leads them to think differently not only about math and statistics but also about general research and the scientific method. With a focus on statistical models as producers of data, the book enables students to more easily understand the machinery of advanced statistics. It also downplays the "population" interpretation of statistical models and presents Bayesian methods before frequentist ones. Requiring no prior calculus experience, the text employs a "just-in-time" approach that introduces mathematical topics, including calculus, where needed. Formulas throughout the text are used to explain why calculus and probability are essential in statistical modeling. The authors also intuitively explain the theory and logic behind real data analysis, incorporating a range of application examples from the social, economic, biological, medical, physical, and engineering sciences. Enabling your students to answer the why behind statistical methods, this text teaches them how to successfully draw conclusions when the premises are flawed. It empowers them to use advanced statistical methods with confidence and develop their own statistical recipes. Ancillary materials are available on the book’s website. Review "This nicely written textbook fills the gap between elementary statistics courses and more advanced research methods courses. The book helps one to grasp the key assumptions and machinery behind advanced statistical topics … Each chapter ends with useful exercises."―Mathematical Reviews, August 2014 "… full of interesting insights and excellent examples and explanations for essential basic statistical concepts. The use of thought experiments; the detailed algebraic developments of proofs; and the explanations of frequentist and Bayesian statistics, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and so on, are all first rate. … a solid teaching resource."―Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 2014 "… useful as a prerequisite for advanced study of statistical analysis, such as regression, experimental design, survival analysis, and categorical data analysis … examples in this book seem very useful and may help expand the view of newcomers to statistics."―Biometrics, June 2014 "This book contains just as many formulas as other statistics texts, but with intuitive, engaging, insightful, and irreverent explanations … the authors strive mightily to part the curtain that hides the fundamentals of statistical thinking from most students. … The book has 20 chapters that cover the usual topics, and more, in an undergraduate/graduate math stat text; it is suitable for a fast-paced semester course offered to serious students. The ‘and more’ refers to the strong emphasis throughout the book on thoughtful applications in a wide variety of disciplines. … The coverage of mathematical statistics is extensive and benefits from a substantial effort by the authors to explain the intuition motivating the procedures and the correct interpretation of specific results. … A companion Web site has a wealth of material useful for the instructor and students. … the text represents a successful effort by the authors to advance and improve the statistics education paradigm for courses offered to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students."―The American Statistician, May 2014 "There is a gap between elementary statistics courses and advanced research techniques. This gap is reflected by difficulties in linking statistical theory with its application in the rea