Statistical consulting

MaRDI QIDQ2774028zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors A. J. McDougall, Javier Cabrera

Publication date 28 February 2002

zbMATH Keywords

Box-plotscase studiescluster analysisdiscriminant analysisfactor analysisprincipal componentsQ-Q plots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics (62-02) Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis (62H25) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30)

Review text

This book is unique in its approach and contents. The first two chapters provide very useful hints for professional statisticians with regard to dealing with clients. The next two chapters present an overview of common to specialised statistical methods of analysis of data. To name a few: \(t\), \(\chi^2\), \(F\), ANOVA, correlation, regression, etc., as familiar tools, and principal components analysis, factor analysis for variable reduction and cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, MANOVA, tree methods, neural nets, etc., as advanced statistical techniques in multivariate analysis. The book also covers design of experiments succinctly. A great deal of case studies have been explicated. Analysis in all case studies is referred to computer programs employed in SAS and S-PLUS procedures. This book may be regarded as a compendium of knowledge.

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Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• LISP-STAT
• S-PLUS

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