Bücher der Reihe Statistics and Computing

Presenting aspects of numerical analysis applicable to statisticians, this volume enables students to craft their own software and to understand both the advantages and challenges of numerical methods. Topics include numerical stability, accurate approximations, computational complexity and more.

Written for statisticians, computer scientists, geographers, researchers, and others interested in visualizing data. This book presents a foundation for producing almost every quantitative graphic found in scientific journals, newspapers, statistical packages, and data visualization systems.

A guide to using S environments to perform statistical analyses providing both an introduction to the use of S and a course in modern statistical methods. The emphasis is on presenting practical problems and full analyses of real data sets.