Statistical analysis of financial data in S-Plus

This book develops the use of statistical data analysis in finance, and it uses the statistical software environment of S-PLUS as a vehicle for presenting practical implementations from financial engineering. It is divided into three parts. Part I, Exploratory Data Analysis, reviews the most commonly ...

Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics

The bestselling text Statisticsfor People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidatingand difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear.Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysisportion of their work will appreciate this book's unhurried pace ...

Statistical models

Models and likelihood are the backbone of modern statistics and data analysis. Anthony Davison here blends theory and practice to provide an integrated text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners. The coverage is unrivalled, with sections on survival analysis, missing data, Markov ...

Quantiative methods for business

the a-z of QM

Contents Setting off; Getting linear models straight; Dealing with curves without going round the bend; Filling up - fuelling quantitative analysis; Good visibility - pictorial presentation of data; General directions - summarising data; Two-way traffic - summarising and representing relationships between two variables; Counting the cost - summarising money variables ...

Business statistics

a decision-making approach

This comprehensive text presents descriptive and inferential statistics with a rich assortment of business examples and real data and an emphasis on decision-making. Emphasis is placed upon using statistical software as a tool, (featuring Excel and Minitab) with many examples presented in a software environment ...

Statistical techniques in business and economics

INDICE 1. What is Statistics? 2. Describing Data: Frequency Distributions and Graphic Presentations 3. Describing Data: Numerical Measures 4. Describing Data: Displaying and Exploring Data 5. A Survey of Probability Concepts 6. Discrete Probability Distributions 7. Continuous Probability Distributions 8. Sampling Methods and the Central ...

Ejercicios resueltos de inferencia estadística y del modelo lineal simple

Esta obra partió de una anterior publicada por la editorial de la Universidad de Granada, denominada Ejercicios resueltos de Técnicas Cuantitativas II y se gestó con la idea de materializar un texto de carácter práctico, que cubriese sobradamente los temas de la asignatura troncal y ...

Introducción a la estadística económica y empresarial

teoría y práctica

Fórmulas y tablas estadísticas

Manual de apoyo para la enseñanza de la estadística. Incluye una recopilación de formulas de mayor dificultad y aquellas referentes al muestreo en poblaciones finitas, así como las tablas utilizadas en los textos de Estadística de este mismo autor.

Monte Carlo statistical methods

Monte Carlo statistical methods, particularly those based on Markov chains, are now an essential component of the standard set of techniques used by statisticians. This new edition has been revised towards a coherent and flowing coverage of these simulation techniques, with incorporation of the most ...

Estadística para administradores

estadística sea más fácil de aprender; cubrir más temas de estadística; evitar la notación matemática complicada, y mantener un enfoque con base en el mundo real y actual. Se ha aumentado el material sobre prueba de hipótesis y se ha agregado un capítulo sobre calidad ...

Técnicas cuantitativas II para la economía y la empresa

Este libro se ha concebido como texto guía para los alumnos de la asignatura Técnicas Cuantitativas II en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de Granada. No obstante, su contenido y parte de los ejemplos pueden ser de utilidad, como introducción a la inferencia ...

Estadística elemental

lo esencial

Robert R. Johnson y Patricia Kuby, dos de los más respetados profesores de estadística, crearon el concepto de "lo esencial", pensando en un enfoque muy práctico de la estadística; y no sólo eso, también está diseñado para el estudiante que no tiene una amplia base ...

A handbook of statistical analyses using SPSS

This title describes how to conduct a range of univariate and multivariate statistical analyses using the latest version of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS 11. Each chapter addresses a different type of analytical procedure applied to one or more data sets, primarily ...

Computational methods in statistics and econometrics

Reflecting current technological capacities and analytical trends, Computational Methods in Statistics and Econometrics showcases Monte Carlo and nonparametric statistical methods for models, simulations, analyses, and interpretations of statistical and econometric data#benefiting from straightforward explanations of mathematical concepts, hundreds of figures and tables, and a ...

Marketing research

with SPSS 11.0

Presents marketing research through the eyes of a manger using and purchasing research information, while maintaining solid, competitive coverage of quantitative methods. ÍNDICE 1. The Role of Marketing Research in Management Decision Making. 2. The Marketing Research Industry. 3. Problem Definition and the Research Process ...

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 ...