Applied statistical modeling and data analytics : a practical guide for the petroleum geosciences /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mishra, Srikanta, 1958- (Author), Datta-Gupta, Akhil, 1960- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Cover""; ""Applied Statistical Modeling and Data Analytics: A Practical Guide for the Petroleum Geosciences""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Basic Concepts""; ""1.1. Background and Scope""; ""1.1.1. What Is Statistics?""; ""1.1.2. What Is Big Data Analytics?""; ""1.1.3. Data Analysis Cycle""; ""1.1.4. Some Applications in the Petroleum Geosciences""; ""1.2. Data, Statistics, and Probability""; ""1.2.1. Outcomes and Events""; ""1.2.2. Probability""; ""1.2.3. Conditional Probability and Bayes Rule""; ""1.3. Random Variables""
  • ""1.3.1. Discrete Case""""1.3.2. Continuous Case""; ""1.3.3. Indicator Transform""; ""1.4. Summary""; ""Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Exploratory Data Analysis""; ""2.1. Univariate Data""; ""2.1.1. Measures of Center""; ""2.1.2. Measures of Spread""; ""2.1.3. Measures of Asymmetry""; ""2.1.4. Graphing Univariate Data""; ""2.2. Bivariate Data""; ""2.2.1. Covariance""; ""2.2.2. Correlation and Rank Correlation""; ""2.2.3. Graphing Bivariate Data""; ""2.3. Multivariate Data""; ""2.4. Summary""; ""Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Distributions and Models Thereof""
  • ""3.1. Empirical Distributions""""3.1.1. Histogram""; ""3.1.2. Quantile Plot""; ""3.2. Parametric Models""; ""3.2.1. Uniform Distribution""; ""3.2.2. Triangular Distribution""; ""3.2.3. Normal Distribution""; ""3.2.4. Lognormal Distribution""; ""3.2.5. Poisson Distribution""; ""3.2.6. Exponential Distribution""; ""3.2.7. Binomial Distribution""; ""3.2.8. Weibull Distribution""; ""3.2.9. Beta Distribution""; ""3.3. Working With Normal and Log-Normal Distributions""; ""3.3.1. Normal Distribution""; ""3.3.2. Normal Score Transformation""; ""3.3.3. Log-Normal Distribution""
  • ""3.4. Fitting Distributions to Data""""3.4.1. Probability Plots""; ""3.4.2. Parameter Estimation Techniques""; ""Linear Regression Analysis""; ""Method of Moments""; ""Nonlinear Least-Squares Analysis""; ""3.5. Other Properties of Distributions and Their Evaluation""; ""3.5.1. Central Limit Theorem and Confidence Limits""; ""3.5.2. Bootstrap Sampling""; ""3.5.3. Comparing Two Distributions""; ""Q-Q Plot""; ""Testing for Difference in Mean""; ""Testing for Difference in Distributions""; ""Other Methods for Comparing Distributions""; ""3.6. Summary""; ""Exercises""; ""References""
  • ""Chapter 4: Regression Modeling and Analysis""""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Simple Linear Regression""; ""4.2.1. Formulating and Solving the Linear Regression Problem""; ""4.2.2. Evaluating the Linear Regression Model""; ""4.2.3. Properties of the Regression Parameters and Confidence Limits""; ""4.2.4. Estimating Confidence Intervals for the Mean Response and Forecast""; ""4.2.5. An Illustrative Example of Linear Regression Modeling and Analysis""; ""4.3. Multiple Regression""; ""4.3.1. Formulating and Solving the Multiple Regression Model""