Zelterman Discrete Distributions

Applications in the Health Sciences
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-86889-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 306 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics

There have been many advances in the theory and applications ofdiscrete distributions in recent years. They can be applied to awide range of problems, particularly in the health sciences,although a good understanding of their properties is veryimportant. Discrete Distributions: Applications in the HealthSciences describes a number of new discrete distributions thatarise in the statistical examination of real examples. For eachexample, an understanding of the issues surrounding the dataprovides the motivation for the subsequent development of thestatistical models.
* Provides an overview of discrete distributions and theirapplications in the health sciences.
* Focuses on real examples, giving readers an insight into theutility of the models.
* Describes the properties of each distribution, and the methodsthat led to their development.
* Presents a range of examples from the health sciences,including cancer, epidemiology, and demography.
* Features discussion of software implementation - in SAS,Fortran and R - enabling readers to apply the methods totheir own problems.
* Written in an accessible style, suitable for appliedstatisticians and numerate health scientists.
* Software and data sets are made available on the Web.
Discrete Distributions: Applications in the HealthSciences provides a practical introduction to these powerfulstatistical tools and their applications, suitable for researchersand graduate students from statistics and biostatistics. The focuson applications, and the accessible style of the book, make it anexcellent practical reference source for practitioners from thehealth sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zelterman, Daniel

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Zelterman, PhD, is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics, at Yale University. His application areas include work in AIDS and cancer. Before moving to Yale in 1995, he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota and of the State University of New York at Albany. He is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association and is an Associate Editor of Biometrics and several other statistical journals. In his spare time, he plays the bassoon in several amateur chamber and orchestral groups in the New Haven area.