Case Studies in Data Analysis /

The purpose of this volume is to provide some illustrative examples of the analysis of real-world data drawn from areas as diverse as public policy, medical science, meteorology, and market research. For each case, two or more analysts worked independently in a simulated consultancy context. Each ca...

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Main Author: Gentleman, Jane F.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Whitmore, G. A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1994.
Series:Lecture notes in statistics (Springer-Verlag) ; 94.
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Summary:The purpose of this volume is to provide some illustrative examples of the analysis of real-world data drawn from areas as diverse as public policy, medical science, meteorology, and market research. For each case, two or more analysts worked independently in a simulated consultancy context. Each case study begins with a description of the questions at hand, the data sets available, and they then present in detail the analysts' solutions and conclusions.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 262 pages)
ISBN:9781461226888 (electronic bk.)
1461226880 (electronic bk.)