An Introduction To Statistical Analysis In Research Optimized Edition

Author : Stephen J. Wright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316518981
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optimization for Data Analysis written by Stephen J. Wright and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise text that presents and analyzes the fundamental techniques and methods in optimization that are useful in data science.

Author : Kathleen F. Weaver
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119301106
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Statistical Analysis in Research, Optimized Edition written by Kathleen F. Weaver and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides well-organized coverage of statistical analysis and applications in biology, kinesiology, and physical anthropology with comprehensive insights into the techniques and interpretations of R, SPSS®, Excel®, and Numbers® output An Introduction to Statistical Analysis in Research: With Applications in the Biological and Life Sciences develops a conceptual foundation in statistical analysis while providing readers with opportunities to practice these skills via research-based data sets in biology, kinesiology, and physical anthropology. Readers are provided with a detailed introduction and orientation to statistical analysis as well as practical examples to ensure a thorough understanding of the concepts and methodology. In addition, the book addresses not just the statistical concepts researchers should be familiar with, but also demonstrates their relevance to real-world research questions and how to perform them using easily available software packages including R, SPSS®, Excel®, and Numbers®. Specific emphasis is on the practical application of statistics in the biological and life sciences, while enhancing reader skills in identifying the research questions and testable hypotheses, determining the appropriate experimental methodology and statistical analyses, processing data, and reporting the research outcomes. In addition, this book: • Aims to develop readers’ skills including how to report research outcomes, determine the appropriate experimental methodology and statistical analysis, and identify the needed research questions and testable hypotheses • Includes pedagogical elements throughout that enhance the overall learning experience including case studies and tutorials, all in an effort to gain full comprehension of designing an experiment, considering biases and uncontrolled variables, analyzing data, and applying the appropriate statistical application with valid justification • Fills the gap between theoretically driven, mathematically heavy texts and introductory, step-by-step type books while preparing readers with the programming skills needed to carry out basic statistical tests, build support figures, and interpret the results • Provides a companion website that features related R, SPSS, Excel, and Numbers data sets, sample PowerPoint® lecture slides, end of the chapter review questions, software video tutorials that highlight basic statistical concepts, and a student workbook and instructor manual An Introduction to Statistical Analysis in Research: With Applications in the Biological and Life Sciences is an ideal textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in research methods, biostatistics, statistics, biology, kinesiology, sports science and medicine, health and physical education, medicine, and nutrition. The book is also appropriate as a reference for researchers and professionals in the fields of anthropology, sports research, sports science, and physical education. KATHLEEN F. WEAVER, PhD, is Associate Dean of Learning, Innovation, and Teaching and Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of La Verne. The author of numerous journal articles, she received her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Colorado. VANESSA C. MORALES, BS, is Assistant Director of the Academic Success Center at the University of La Verne. SARAH L. DUNN, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of La Verne and is Director of Research and Sponsored Programs. She has authored numerous journal articles and received her PhD in Health and Exercise Science from the University of New South Wales. KANYA GODDE, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and is Director/Chair of Institutional Review Board at the University of La Verne. The author of numerous j

Author : Lisa Daniels
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506371825
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata® written by Lisa Daniels and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata® by Lisa Daniels and Nicholas Minot provides a step-by-step introduction for statistics, data analysis, or research methods classes with Stata. Concise descriptions emphasize the concepts behind statistics for students rather than the derivations of the formulas. With real-world examples from a variety of disciplines and extensive detail on the commands in Stata, this text provides an integrated approach to research design, statistical analysis, and report writing for social science students.

Author : Reuven Y. Rubinstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118612353
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fast Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Counting and Optimization written by Reuven Y. Rubinstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the theory and application of Monte Carlo methods Based on years of research in efficient Monte Carlo methods for estimation of rare-event probabilities, counting problems, and combinatorial optimization, Fast Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Counting and Optimization is a complete illustration of fast sequential Monte Carlo techniques. The book provides an accessible overview of current work in the field of Monte Carlo methods, specifically sequential Monte Carlo techniques, for solving abstract counting and optimization problems. Written by authorities in the field, the book places emphasis on cross-entropy, minimum cross-entropy, splitting, and stochastic enumeration. Focusing on the concepts and application of Monte Carlo techniques, Fast Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Counting and Optimization includes: Detailed algorithms needed to practice solving real-world problems Numerous examples with Monte Carlo method produced solutions within the 1-2% limit of relative error A new generic sequential importance sampling algorithm alongside extensive numerical results An appendix focused on review material to provide additional background information Fast Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Counting and Optimization is an excellent resource for engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, and readers interested in efficient simulation techniques. The book is also useful for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses on Monte Carlo methods.

Author : Josef Kallrath
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540889655
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optimization in the Energy Industry written by Josef Kallrath and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-25 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a broad, in-depth overview that reflects the requirements, possibilities and limits of mathematical optimization and, especially, stochastic optimization in the energy industry.

Author : Edwin K. P. Chong
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471654000
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Optimization written by Edwin K. P. Chong and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern, up-to-date introduction to optimization theory and methods This authoritative book serves as an introductory text to optimization at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. With consistently accessible and elementary treatment of all topics, An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students build a solid working knowledge of the field, including unconstrained optimization, linear programming, and constrained optimization. Supplemented with more than one hundred tables and illustrations, an extensive bibliography, and numerous worked examples to illustrate both theory and algorithms, this book also provides: * A review of the required mathematical background material * A mathematical discussion at a level accessible to MBA and business students * A treatment of both linear and nonlinear programming * An introduction to recent developments, including neural networks, genetic algorithms, and interior-point methods * A chapter on the use of descent algorithms for the training of feedforward neural networks * Exercise problems after every chapter, many new to this edition * MATLAB(r) exercises and examples * Accompanying Instructor's Solutions Manual available on request An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students prepare for the advanced topics and technological developments that lie ahead. It is also a useful book for researchers and professionals in mathematics, electrical engineering, economics, statistics, and business. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

Author : Tome Eftimov
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030969177
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep Statistical Comparison for Meta-heuristic Stochastic Optimization Algorithms written by Tome Eftimov and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-11 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on comprehensive comparisons of the performance of stochastic optimization algorithms, this book provides an overview of the current approaches used to analyze algorithm performance in a range of common scenarios, while also addressing issues that are often overlooked. In turn, it shows how these issues can be easily avoided by applying the principles that have produced Deep Statistical Comparison and its variants. The focus is on statistical analyses performed using single-objective and multi-objective optimization data. At the end of the book, examples from a recently developed web-service-based e-learning tool (DSCTool) are presented. The tool provides users with all the functionalities needed to make robust statistical comparison analyses in various statistical scenarios. The book is intended for newcomers to the field and experienced researchers alike. For newcomers, it covers the basics of optimization and statistical analysis, familiarizing them with the subject matter before introducing the Deep Statistical Comparison approach. Experienced researchers can quickly move on to the content on new statistical approaches. The book is divided into three parts: Part I: Introduction to optimization, benchmarking, and statistical analysis – Chapters 2-4. Part II: Deep Statistical Comparison of meta-heuristic stochastic optimization algorithms – Chapters 5-7. Part III: Implementation and application of Deep Statistical Comparison – Chapter 8.

Author : B. Everitt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400931530
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Optimization Methods and their Application in Statistics written by B. Everitt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimization techniques are used to find the values of a set of parameters which maximize or minimize some objective function of interest. Such methods have become of great importance in statistics for estimation, model fitting, etc. This text attempts to give a brief introduction to optimization methods and their use in several important areas of statistics. It does not pretend to provide either a complete treatment of optimization techniques or a comprehensive review of their application in statistics; such a review would, of course, require a volume several orders of magnitude larger than this since almost every issue of every statistics journal contains one or other paper which involves the application of an optimization method. It is hoped that the text will be useful to students on applied statistics courses and to researchers needing to use optimization techniques in a statistical context. Lastly, my thanks are due to Bertha Lakey for typing the manuscript.

Author : Jeffrey Paul Wheeler
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1003803679
Total Pages : 891 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Optimization with Applications in Machine Learning and Data Analytics written by Jeffrey Paul Wheeler and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of this text is a practical one. Equipping students with enough knowledge and creating an independent research platform, the author strives to prepare students for professional careers. Providing students with a marketable skill set requires topics from many areas of optimization. The initial goal of this text is to develop a marketable skill set for mathematics majors as well as for students of engineering, computer science, economics, statistics, and business. Optimization reaches into many different fields. This text provides a balance where one is needed. Mathematics optimization books are often too heavy on theory without enough applications; texts aimed at business students are often strong on applications, but weak on math. The book represents an attempt at overcoming this imbalance for all students taking such a course. The book contains many practical applications but also explains the mathematics behind the techniques, including stating definitions and proving theorems. Optimization techniques are at the heart of the first spam filters, are used in self-driving cars, play a great role in machine learning, and can be used in such places as determining a batting order in a Major League Baseball game. Additionally, optimization has seemingly limitless other applications in business and industry. In short, knowledge of this subject offers an individual both a very marketable skill set for a wealth of jobs as well as useful tools for research in many academic disciplines. Many of the problems rely on using a computer. Microsoft’s Excel is most often used, as this is common in business, but Python and other languages are considered. The consideration of other programming languages permits experienced mathematics and engineering students to use MATLAB® or Mathematica, and the computer science students to write their own programs in Java or Python.

Author : Martijn P.F. Berger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470746929
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Optimal Designs for Social and Biomedical Research written by Martijn P.F. Berger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing cost of research means that scientists are in more urgent need of optimal design theory to increase the efficiency of parameter estimators and the statistical power of their tests. The objectives of a good design are to provide interpretable and accurate inference at minimal costs. Optimal design theory can help to identify a design with maximum power and maximum information for a statistical model and, at the same time, enable researchers to check on the model assumptions. This Book: Introduces optimal experimental design in an accessible format. Provides guidelines for practitioners to increase the efficiency of their designs, and demonstrates how optimal designs can reduce a study’s costs. Discusses the merits of optimal designs and compares them with commonly used designs. Takes the reader from simple linear regression models to advanced designs for multiple linear regression and nonlinear models in a systematic manner. Illustrates design techniques with practical examples from social and biomedical research to enhance the reader’s understanding. Researchers and students studying social, behavioural and biomedical sciences will find this book useful for understanding design issues and in putting optimal design ideas to practice.