Data Analysis
€74.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780198568322 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publishing Date | 01/06/2006 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €70.66 |
| Tax | €4.24 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €74.90 |
| Availability | Unavailable |
Product Description
Statistics lectures have been a source of much bewilderment and frustration for generations of students. This book attempts to remedy the situation by expounding a logical and unified approach to the whole subject of data analysis.This text is intended as a tutorial guide for senior undergraduates and research students in science and engineering. After explaining the basic principles of Bayesian probability theory, their use is illustrated with a variety of examples ranging from elementary parameter estimation to image processing. Other topics covered include reliability analysis, multivariate optimization, least-squares and maximum likelihood, error-propagation, hypothesis testing, maximum entropy and experimental design.The Second Edition of this successful tutorial book contains a new chapter on extensions to the ubiquitous least-squares procedure, allowing for the straightforward handling of outliers and unknown correlated noise, and a cutting-edge contribution from John Skilling on a novel numerical technique for Bayesian computation called ''nested sampling''.