1. Edition - December 2007
102.- Euro
2007. 400 Pages, Hardcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-16504-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-16504-1 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
This book presents a practical survey of modern statistical research methods, Bayesian statistical analysis and inference, strategies for model selection and inference, generalized linear modeling, and mixed-effects modeling. It is the first book to present these methods in an approachable, down-to-earth manner, emphasizing their usefulness in solving many current research problems in natural resource science.

From the contents
Preface.

1. Introduction.

2. Bayesian Statistical Analysis I: Introduction.

3. Bayesian Statistical Inference II: Bayesian Hypothesis Testing and Decision theory.

4. Bayesian Statistical Inference III: MCMC Algorithms and WinBUGS Software Applications.

5. Alternative Strategies for Model Selection and Inference Using Information-Theoretic Criteria.

6. An Introduction to Generalized Linear Models: Logistic Regression Models.

7. Introduction to Mixed-Effects Modeling.

8. Summary and Conclusions.

Appendix A. review of Linear regression and Multiple Linear regression Analysis.

Appendix B. Answers to Problems.

References.

Index.