Statistical foundations, reasoning and inference : for science and data science / by Göran Kauermann, Helmut Küchenhoff, Christian Heumann.
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to statistical principles, concepts and methods that are essential in modern statistics and data science. The topics covered include likelihood-based inference, Bayesian statistics, regression, statistical tests and the quantification of uncertaint...
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| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2021]
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| Series: | Springer series in statistics.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to statistical principles, concepts and methods that are essential in modern statistics and data science. The topics covered include likelihood-based inference, Bayesian statistics, regression, statistical tests and the quantification of uncertainty. Moreover, the book addresses statistical ideas that are useful in modern data analytics, including bootstrapping, modeling of multivariate distributions, missing data analysis, causality as well as principles of experimental design. The textbook includes sufficient material for a two-semester course and is intended for master's students in data science, statistics and computer science with a rudimentary grasp of probability theory. It will also be useful for data science practitioners who want to strengthen their statistics skills. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 356 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3030698262 9783030698263 3030698270 9783030698270 |
| ISSN: | 0172-7397 |