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  Using R for statistics
Stowell S., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2014. 244 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-484201-40-4)

The stated objective of this book is to get readers “up and running quickly” using R as an alternative to point-and-click packages; it accomplishes this objective. It also accurately states that it supplies reminder...

Oct 28 2014
  The art of R programming: a tour of statistical software design
Matloff N., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2011. 400 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-593273-84-2)

R is a scripting language that can be used for manipulating and analyzing statistical data. While a lot of material can be found on the Internet (R is open source), it is very difficult to become familiar with all domains (for example,...

Apr 19 2012
  Painless windows: a handbook for SAS users (3rd ed.)
Gilmore J., Sas Inst, 2004.  Type: Book (9781590473993)

This book covers nearly everything a user needs to know about working with SAS. It can be used by newcomers to SAS, but it is also suitable for experienced users who are switching from one of the other operating systems to Windows. (Se...

Mar 24 2005
  Implementation of higher-order asymptotics to S-plus
Yi G., Wu J., Liu Y. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 40(4): 775-800, 2002.  Type: Article

The usual approach for Cox regression is to use twice the log likelihood-ratio statistic, which is referred to in this paper as R2, and the chi-square. This paper is concerned with higher-order expansions that involve the second and th...

Apr 8 2003
  Computation of the multivariate normal integral
Drezner Z. (ed) ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software 18(4): 470-480, 1992.  Type: Article

The computation of the multivariate normal distribution function is a common problem for statistical analysis in many different applications. The input to this problem is an m × m covariance matrix &Sgr...

Aug 1 1993
  Practical spreadsheet statistics and curve fitting for scientists and engineers
Mezei L., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1990.  Type: Book (9789780135198773)

The Prentice-Hall laboratory Lotus series contains, at present, two volumes, both by Mezei. His first text was Laboratory Lotus: a complete guide to instrument interfacing [1], and this work is his second. The author’s...

Mar 1 1992
  Applied statistics and the SAS programming language (2nd ed.)
Cody R., Smith J., North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1987.  Type: Book (9789780444011923)

The objective of the authors in writing this book is clearly stated in the preface to the first edition [1]: “Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language is intended to provide the applied researcher with the c...

Jun 1 1988
 
Blank G. (ed) Type: Journal

:2BComputers and the Social Sciences. :2B(Comput. Soc. Sci.) [ Special double issue on statistical packages] :3BParadigm Press, P. O. Box 1057, Osprey, FL 33559-1057, 2, 1/2 (Jan.-June 1986), ISSN 0748-9269....

May 1 1987
  Applied statistics algorithms
Griffiths P. (ed), Hill I. (ed), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1985.  Type: Book (9789780470201848)

The initial meetings of the Royal Statistical Society were held in the home of one of its founders, Charles Babbage. With this kind of background it is not surprising that the Society has been among the leaders in the publication of st...

Apr 1 1986
 
 
 
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