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Introducing the concepts and methods of modern statistics with an emphasis on computer assisted data analysis, the book focuses on interpretation of results rather than their computation. Review of probability, collecting data, summarizing and exploring data, sampling distributions of statistics, basic concepts of inference, linear regression and correlation, analysis of single factor and multifactor Experiments.
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Statistics and Data Analysis Review.......2000-04-08
This book was the assigned text for a graduate level statistics course I took. It is well written with examples for every technique discussed and lots of exercises at the end of each chapter. I highly recommend it.
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An entry-level text in applied regression analysis with extensive examples using MS-Excel. Intended for sophmore and junior-level economics majors or business majors; also suitable for MBAs.
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- A Very Good Reference Book
- At best a supplement text
- Bought under duress
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Intermediate Statistics and Econometrics: A Comparative Approach
Dale J. Poirier
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Statistical Inference
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The standard introductory texts to mathematical statistics leave the Bayesian approach to be taught later in advanced topics courses -- giving students the impression that Bayesian statistics provide but a few techniques appropriate in only special circumstances. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues Dale Poirier, who has developed a course for teaching comparatively both the classical and the Bayesian approaches to econometrics. Poirier's text provides a thoroughly modern, self-contained, comprehensive, and accessible treatment of the probability and statistical foundations of econometrics with special emphasis on the linear regression model.
Written primarily for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing research careers in economics, Intermediate Statistics and Econometrics offers a broad perspective, bringing together a great deal of diverse material. Its comparative approach, emphasis on regression and prediction, and numerous exercises and references provide a solid foundation for subsequent courses in econometrics and will prove a valuable resource to many nonspecialists who want to update their quantitative skills.
The introduction closes with an example of a real-world data set -- the Challenger space shuttle disaster -- that motivates much of the text's theoretical discussion. The ten chapters that follow cover basic concepts, special distributions, distributions of functions of random variables, sampling theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, prediction, and the linear regression model. Appendixes contain a review of matrix algebra, computation, and statistical tables.
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Econmetrics06.......2006-11-16
This is an excellent textbook. It provides many useful exercises and you can find most of the classic statistic theories. So many years have passed since I bought this book and I find myself very often to reread some chapters each year. THe more I learn about the statistics and econometric theory, the more I realize how good this book is.
A Very Good Reference Book.......2004-10-01
We were taught by Prof. Poirier himself; so this was the required text for the course. We hated the book (initially) and called it "the purple monster" and so on, but by the end of the course we realized that it was indeed one of the best reference books available- and I really mean it. No other book covers material like this one does - from both, the Classical and Bayesian perspectives. To some, this book might come across as very technical, so you could/should refer to Gary Koop (Bayesian stuff) and perhaps "Hogg and Craig" or the book by "Mood, Graybill and Boes" (for Classical stuff).
At best a supplement text.......2004-01-21
Like mentioned before, it is a continuous listing of theorems with most proofs "left to the reader". While the concepts might appear "straightforward" to the author, I would say someone without prior knowledge of analysis and a higher undergrad math stat course will be lost from the beginning.
It might be useful as a supplementary text to a book like Casella & Berger "Statistical Inference," but is definately the wrong choice as the primary source of a course.
I also agree that classical statistics does not receive a fair treatment. The focus of this book is to show the superiority of Baysian statistics.
Bought under duress.......2003-12-01
This is the most incomprehensible booK i have ever seen, read (un)used in my entire lifetime.
Buy this book if you really lIke pain.
Read Hogg & CRaig instead.
The book is probably great if you have already spent a decade learning the stuff from elsewhere and you just want a bOok that compiles a lot of theorems and definitions in one place.
The book is also a great piece of frequeNtist bashing, which according to me belongs elsewhere and not in an "intermediate" statistics book.
BEWARE: the errata in the book is 30 pages long (A4 size pages)AND even the errata has errors..Gasp!
please give us a table of contents.......2002-05-14
How can you expect us to buy the book without providing a table of contents?!
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Intermediate Macroeconomics : A Statistical Approach
Douglas Fisher
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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders in China face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders vary from one country of origin to another in China? On the supply side, China also exports cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders. Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders in China. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where China fits into the world market for imported and exported cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, cobalt waste and scrap, and cobalt powders. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for China in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that China is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize China compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.
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West Virginia Tough Boys: Vote Buying, Fist Fighting and a President Named JFK
Keith F. Davis
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An intimate peek at mountain politics and the 1960 presidential primary campaign. Rich and straightforward stories of political tomfoolery, vote-buying, and eventual victory for Jack Kennedy in West Virginia's primary, often sited as the most important and vital primary win in Senator John Kennedy's run for the Whitehouse. The book features the results of hundreds of hour's worth of interviews and discussions with several Mountain State political kingpins from yesteryear. Although they are in their twilight years, all are still living and have chosen to tell "inside information" about their participation in the presidential campaign. They disclose their vivid memories of working directly with JFK and his family, and with Hubert Humphrey. These influential Democratic factional commandoes - Claude Ellis, Raymond Chafin, Dan Dahill and others like them - tell interesting, and sometimes humorous stories, about growing up in rough and poverty stricken southern West Virginia. Then, they explain how they each grew in political power. It's mountain politics as it once was, and will never be again. West Virginia Tough Boys is chock full of exciting and startling tales of election money exchanging hands, fraud, half-pints of liquor traded for votes, and the buying of various elections.
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I read it again.......2005-02-08
Seldom do I find a literary work that I personally re-read do to the detail or color; however, this is a work that was worthy of a second look due to its subject matter and slant toward humor .
I am packing things up -- including my 10 year old cat and litterbox -- and moving to southern West Virginia where all the action is!
-- Conley
Tough -- absolutely tough!.......2005-02-06
Perhaps the discouraged reviewer David C. Klinger doesn't fully understand the concept behind this literary piece. This is a work much larger than another boring look at JFK. Instead, it is the story of several uneducated Appalachians who effected history and influenced many of the icons of our vanishing generation. It is also a work that contains stories of the politics of yesteryear. Besides my own feelings about the book, I have even seen a photograph of President Jimmy Carter reading this profound work. It is recognized by many as a great literary triumph. Is it only for West Virginia residents? I don't think so. It should be in every library. It is not a high-powered politicial expose' -- it's an interesting investigation of a time gone by. It also chases the antics of three "TOUGH BOYS" who commit a variety of political crimes.
I had no trouble following the text. Apparantly Klinger was expecting something different. I think it's ...uh ... profound in its sensitivity to the subject. I will never look at the Kennedys, or mountain politics, the same way. A GREAT BOOK! ----- BUY IT! ENJOY IT! One of the best books of the year. -- Chuck Taggert
A disappointment ... from a West Virginia resident.......2005-01-24
I'm sorry, commenters, but I gave this book a fair try and just couldn't warm up to it ... despite efforts to pump sales with ecstatic words in your own reviews.
I so looked forward to reading "West Virginia Tough Boys," having heard at least one recommendation from a West Virginia state official and having read the glowing reviews on Amazon.com's Web site. The 1960 West Virginia primary election was historic, and deserves a seminal work; indeed, the book may be about much more, but from the "Tough Boys" title to its cover photo, the implication is that it focuses on the famed 1960 showdown between Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, and their efforts to win the fateful primary with local county support ... and shenanigans.
Unfortunately, "Tough Boys" falls short of the mark. It's proven a disappointment; I could barely make it though the first few chapters before deciding to return it unfinished. If you enjoy transcribing tapes, this one's for you; if you want to learn something, you'll have to search diligently for it in "Tough Boys."
"Tough Boys" appears to be drawn largely from oral histories and personal interviews -- ordinarily fascinating material, but requiring a writer skilled in narrative form to present the information in logical, chronological sequencing, and to add the perspective and detachment of the third-person author who can establish what's important and what's not. I found it very difficult to follow Keith Davis' story line; it's largely a series of (overly) long interview passages, stitched together with the barest of continuity. The interviews/oral histories also tend to jump ahead of themselves, leaving the reader bewildered as to where he might be in the time sequence of the telling the story of the 1960 campaign. There appears to be no day-by-day or week-by-week order to the book, on a subject (a political primary) where events unfold in such very sequence.
I suppose, if I lived in Logan County, the plethora of local names and first-person stories (ad nauseam) would be compelling, but for anyone (even West Virginians) a half-a-state away in geography and a generation removed in time, the impact of the story is lost. (At times, JFK himself seems but a bit player in the whole story.) In the hands of a more skillful author, the story would prove riveting, but "Tough Boys" remains a disjointed mass of material that conveys "much heat, little light" about an election that had ramifications for an entire generation, far beyond the borders of West Virginia.
The readability of "Tough Boys" is further compromised by an unattractive page layout, mind-numbing typeface, and muddy photographs. The typographical errors on the reverse of the book jacket itself are an embarrassing initial tip-off to the perils of having your book produced by a regional (as opposed to national) publishing house, where rigorous editing would not have allowed a tome like this to slip past without at least some of the errors of punctuation and computer-generated typesetting to be caught.
If you live in Logan County, West Virginia, buy this book as a valuable source of local history and color; if you live elsewhere in West Virginia, consider it, if you can wade through its deficiencies; if you live outside the Mountain State, I'd definitely pass on it, and turn to a re-reading of Theodore White's "The Making of the President 1960" as still the most interesting retelling of the famous West Virginia primary of nearly 45 years ago. What White may not have included in the form of "local color" is compensated for in his perspective and skilled narrative; "Tough Boys" spins too many local yarns to excess and to no apparent point, and after finishing it, the reader will probably still be left wondering what they all add up to.
I commend the author for tackling the subject, but this treatment of a genuinely compelling story could have used the assistance of a good editor of historical nonfiction to package it into a truly great work.
Tough Boys Is Extraordinary!.......2004-08-01
I read this book because I am originally from West Virginia and I have heard of these kind of political shannigans all my life. Vote buying and whiskey for votes. But this book is much more than a look at the slime-side of political life in my home state. The book is grandeous in how it covers a great deal of nearly-forgotten history, explaining vivedly about what it was once like to grow up in a poor rural region with no education or hope of any kind of formal schooling. People, like these Tough Boys, grew up and pulled their lives together through various means, including politics ---dirty politics. Golly, this is one heck of a book! It was a pleasure to read it and I recommend it highly to anyone from anywhere. May we all be Tough Boys!
I want to be a Tough Boy!.......2004-07-23
I am a little dismayed at the one poor review this book has received. Wow, I have heard nothing but good things about this book, and I have personally re-read it twice already. The author had to include biographic information to portray the making of a Mountain State political boss. Raymond Chafin, who is described as a simple, uneducated person who grows in political power, eventually hobknobs with JFK, Teddy, and Kennedy campaign big-wigs in 1960. Raymond's style of politics -- vote buying, strong-arm tactics, and free liquor for votes -- seems to be the Kennedy family's strategy, too. Through underhanded steps, JFK wins West Virginia during the primary-of-all-primarys and shows himself to be a viable candidate for president. Only problem, is he bought the election, cash on the barrelhead. Ouch!
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I have already purchased two additional copies for family-members. Bravo Tough Boys! BRAVO!
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Faces of Christmas Past
Bill Holm
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FACES OF CHRISTMAS PAST is an engaging, middle-aged look at the perils of Christmas, our own self-imposed burdens of ritual duty (like the newsy Christmas Xerox), and the more unsettling fact that successive Christmases, more even than New Year's, mark the passing of our life from childhood to death. "Old Christmas card photos show us how we've aged," says author Bill Holm, "reminding us that, though time may curve in Einstein's physics, in our small life it is a straight line to white hair and bifocals."
Holm also reminds us of the great consoling ritual of music, so rich and full of feeling at Christmas. Our best defense against age and death may be singing, he says, so we'd better open our mouths with courage and spirit to let the songs come.
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Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis (with CD Data Sets) (Duxbury Advanced)
