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  • Spatial Microsimulation: A Reference Guide for Users

    Edited by Robert Tanton, Kimberley Edwards ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is a practical guide on how to design, create and validate a spatial microsimulation model. These models are becoming more popular as academics and policy makers recognise the value of place in research and policy making. Recent spatial microsimulation models have been used to analyse health and social disadvantage for small areas; and to look at the effect of policy change for small ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Fooled by Randomness

    The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

    by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...
    Series Book 1 - Incerto
    Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes.Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

    Stripping the Dread from the Data

    by Charles Wheelan ...
    The best-selling author of Naked Economics defies the odds with a book about statistics that you’ll welcome and enjoy.Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called “sexy.” From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • How to Lie with Statistics

    by Darrell Huff ...
    Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform. ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

  • Statistics Done Wrong

    The Woefully Complete Guide

    by Alex Reinhart ...
    Scientific progress depends on good research, and good research needs good statistics. But statistical analysis is tricky to get right, even for the best and brightest of us. You'd be surprised how many scientists are doing it wrong.Statistics Done Wrong is a pithy, essential guide to statistical blunders in modern science that will show you how to keep your research blunder-free. You'll examine ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Truth or Truthiness

    Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist

    by Howard Wainer ...
    Teacher tenure is a problem. Teacher tenure is a solution. Fracking is safe. Fracking causes earthquakes. Our kids are over-tested. Our kids are not tested enough. We read claims like these in the newspaper every day, often with no justification other than 'it feels right'. How can we figure out what is right? Escaping from the clutches of truthiness begins with one simple question: 'what is the ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Excel 2010 for Human Resource Management Statistics

    A Guide to Solving Practical Problems

    by Julie Palmer-Schuyler, Thomas J Quirk ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This is the first book to show the capabilities of Microsoft Excel to teach human resource management statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-driven guide for students and practitioners who need to master Excel to solve practical human resource management problems. If understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you are not especially mathematically-inclined, or if you are ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Getting Started with Business Analytics

    Insightful Decision-Making

    by David Roi Hardoon, Galit Shmueli ...
    Assuming no prior knowledge or technical skills, Getting Started with Business Analytics: Insightful Decision-Making explores the contents, capabilities, and applications of business analytics. It bridges the worlds of business and statistics and describes business analytics from a non-commercial standpoint. The authors demystify the main concepts ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Understanding Demographic Transitions

    An Overview of French Historical Statistics

    by Claude Diebolt, Faustine Perrin ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book studies the process of demographic transition which has played a key role in the economic development of Western countries. The special focus is on France, which constitutes the first clear case of fertility decline in Europe. The book analyzes the reasons behind this phenomenon by examining the evolution of demographic variables in France over the past two hundred years. To better ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Predictive Modeling Applications in Actuarial Science: Volume 1, Predictive Modeling Techniques

    Edited by Edward W. Frees, Richard A. Derrig, Glenn Meyers ...
    Series series International Series on Actuarial Science
    Predictive modeling involves the use of data to forecast future events. It relies on capturing relationships between explanatory variables and the predicted variables from past occurrences and exploiting this to predict future outcomes. Forecasting future financial events is a core actuarial skill - actuaries routinely apply predictive-modeling techniques in insurance and other risk-management ... Read more

    $81.19 USD

  • Theory of Financial Risk and Derivative Pricing

    From Statistical Physics to Risk Management

    by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Marc Potters ...
    Risk control and derivative pricing have become of major concern to financial institutions, and there is a real need for adequate statistical tools to measure and anticipate the amplitude of the potential moves of the financial markets. Summarising theoretical developments in the field, this 2003 second edition has been substantially expanded. Additional chapters now cover stochastic processes, ... Read more

    $77.89 USD

  • Excel 2016 for Business Statistics

    A Guide to Solving Practical Problems

    by Thomas J. Quirk ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book shows the capabilities of Microsoft Excel in teaching business statistics effectively. Similar to the previously published Excel 2010 for Business Statistics, this book is a step-by-step exercise-driven guide for students and practitioners who need to master Excel to solve practical business problems. If understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you are not especially ... Read more

    $71.99 USD