Hierarchical modeling and analysis for spatial data

Among the many uses of hierarchical modeling, their application to the statistical analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal data from areas such as epidemiology And environmental science has proven particularly fruitful. Yet to date, the few books that address the subject have been either too narrowly ...

Panel data

theory and applications

The present book is a collection of panel data papers, both theoretical and applied. Theoretical topics include methodology papers on panel data probit models, treatment models, error component models with an ARMA process on the time specific effects, asymptotic tests for poolability and their bootstrapped ...

Diagnostic checks in time series

Diagnostic checking is an important step in the modeling process. But while the literature on diagnostic checks is quite extensive and many texts on time series modeling are available, it still remains difficult to find a book that adequately covers methods for performing diagnostic checks ...

Financial derivatives in theory and practice

Originally published in 2000, Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice is a complete, rigorous and readable account of the mathematics underlying derivative pricing and a guide to applying these ideas to solve real pricing problems. It is aimed at practitioners and researchers who wish to ...

Foundations of risk analysis

a knowledge and decision-oriented perspective

Everyday we face decisions that carry an element of risk and uncertainty. The ability to analyse, communicate and control the level of risk entailed by these decisions remains one of the most pressing challenges to the analyst, scientist and manager. This book presents the foundational ...

Regresión logística

Regresión Logística es una monograma que contiene los elementos básicos de las técnicas estadístico-inferenciales más empleadas en la producción científica contemporánea. Por su conducto se ofrece un panorama general sobre algunas de las diversas posibilidades que ofrece este método estadístico, los fundamentos en que reposa ...

La política de los grandes números

historia de la razón estadística

La historia del cálculo probabilístico y de las mediciones estadísticas se encuentra íntimamente ligada a la domesticación del riesgo, la gestación de los Estados modernos y el control de la reproducción biológica y económica de las sociedades. El desempleo, la inflación, el producto nacional bruto ...

Operational risk with Excel and VBA

applied statistical methods for risk management

Dr. Nigel Da Costa Lewis has produced the most exciting volume ever on operational risk modeling. It is a must for students, practitioners, risk managers, and senior executives. . . I feel this work is the first step in revolutionizing the discipline. Other books in this field ...

Metadata for information management and retrieval

for information management and retrieval

What is metadata and what do I need to know about it? These are two key questions for the information professional operating in the digital age as more and more information resources are available in electronic format. This is a thought-provoking introduction to metadata written ...

Data mining

next generation challenges and future directions

Data mining, or knowledge discovery, has become an indispensable technology for businesses and researchers in many fields. Drawing on work in such areas as statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, databases, and high performance computing, data mining extracts useful information from the large data sets now ...

Longitudinal and panel data

analysis and applications in the social sciences

This focuses on models and data that arise from repeated observations of a cross-section of individuals, households or companies. These models have found important applications within business, economics, education, political science and other social science disciplines. The author introduces the foundations of longitudinal and panel ...

Statistical analysis of stochastic processes in time

Many observed phenomena, from the changing health of a patient to values on the stock market, are characterised by quantities that vary over time: stochastic processes are designed to study them. Much theoretical work has been done but virtually no modern books are available to ...

Estadística práctica con Minitab

Este libro explica cómo se aplican las técnicas estadísticas más relevantes en el contexto del control y la mejora de la calidad usando Minitab. Se ha utilizado un estilo que va al grano, con muchos gráficos, donde #se ve# cómo hay que hacer las cosas ...

Problemas resueltos de estadística descriptiva

Este libro es fruto de la experiencia de los autores,durante casi cuatro lustros,como profesores de estadística descriptiva en las Licenciaturas de Economía y administración de Empresas,así como de estadística aplicada en la Licenciatura de Antropología y otro sinfín de cursos.A diferencia ...

Métodos de predicción en situaciones límite

Este texto constituye una herramienta de trabajo ideal para el empleo del análisis de datos, por su sencillez y por detallarse todos los pasos a seguir para relacionar de una manera óptima las variables provenientes de un sector con las de otro de distinta naturaleza ...

¿Qué significa <<estadísticamente significativo>>?

la falacia del criterio del 5% en la investigación científica

Cómo es posible que durante décadas la regla del 5% haya ofuscado la mente de los investigadores y amenace con seguir distorsionando por muchos años el proceso de la Inferencia Estadística?. Por qué los tests estadísticos, creados para elaborar conclusiones más razonables y justificadas, son ...

Multilevel modeling

Taking a practical, hands-on approach to multilevel modeling, this book provides readers with an accessible and concise introduction to HLM and how to use the technique to build models for hierarchical and longitudinal data. Each section of the book answers a basic question about multilevel ...

La complejidad de la cooperación

modelos de cooperación y colaboración basados en los agentes

Robert Axelrod es un politólogo experto en la aplicación de modelos simulados por computadora en ciencias sociales. Durante la Guerra Fría abordó la llamada cooperación entre egoístas a partir del conocido Dilema del Prisionero. Actualmente, ante la complejidad de los conflictos, con múltiples y no ...

Spatial econometrics and spatial statistics

The field of spatial econometrics has come to include the methods and models that deal with estimation and testing problems encountered when attempting to implement regional economic models. Those problems are often characterized by the difficulties associated with assessing the importance of spatial dependence and ...

Statistics, econometrics and forecasting

Based on two lectures presented as part of The Stone Lectures in Economics series, Arnold Zellner describes the structural econometric time series analysis (SEMTSA) approach to statistical and econometric modeling. Developed by Zellner and Franz Palm, the SEMTSA approach produces an understanding of the relationship ...