International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science

ISBN-13: 9783642048975 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 1671 str.

Miodrag Lovric

Opis

This book aims to help revive interest in statistics education; to offer accessible information for non-statisticians on specific terms, methods and applications; and to enable researchers, managers and practitioners to refresh their knowledge of statistics.

Spis treści

Overview of Statistical Sciences.- Past, Recent trends and Advances.- Present and Future perspective.

Blurb

The goal of this book is multidimensional: a) to help reviving Statistics education in many parts in the world where it is in crisis. For the first time authors from many developing countries have an opportunity to write together with the most prominent world authorities. The editor has spent several years searching for the most reputable statisticians all over the world. International contributors are either presidents of the local statistical societies, or head of the Statistics department at the main university, or the most distinguished statisticians in their countries. b) to enable any non-statistician to obtain quick and yet comprehensive and highly understandable view on certain statistical term, method or application c) to enable all the researchers, managers and practicioners to refresh their knowledge in Statistics, especially in certain controversial fields. d) to revive interest in statistics among students, since they will see its usefulness and relevance in almost all branches of Science.