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Computer age statistical inference : algorithms, evidence, and data science / Bradley Efron and Trevor Hastie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Institute of Mathematical Statistics monographsPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.Description: xix, 475 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107149892
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 000SA.055 23 Ef27
Contents:
1. Algorithms and inference -- 2. Frequentist inference -- 3. Bayesian inference -- 4. Fisherian inference and maximum likelihood estimation -- 5. Parametric models and exponential families -- 6. Empirical Bayes -- 7. Jame-Stein estimation and ridge regression -- 8. Generalized linear models and regression trees -- 9. Survival analysis and the EM algorithm -- 10. The jackknife and the bootstrap -- 11. Bootstrap confidence intervals -- 12. Cross-validation and Cp estimates of prediction error -- 13. Objective Bayes Inference and MCMC -- 14. Postwar statistical inference and methodology -- 15. Large-scale hypothesis testing and FDRs -- 16. Sparse modeling and the lasso -- 17. Random forests and boosting -- 18. Neural networks and deep learning -- 19. Support-vector machines and kernel methods -- 20. Inference after model selection -- 21. Empirical Bayes estimation strategies.
Summary: This book takes us on an exhilarating journey through the revolution in data analysis following the introduction of electronic computation in the 1950s. Beginning with classical inferential theories - Bayesian, frequentist, Fisherian - individual chapters take up a series of influential topics: survival analysis, logistic regression, empirical Bayes, the jackknife and bootstrap, random forests, neural networks, Markov chain Monte Carlo, inference after model selection, and dozens more. The distinctly modern approach integrates methodology and algorithms with statistical inference. The book ends with speculation on the future direction of statistics and data science.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Algorithms and inference --
2. Frequentist inference --
3. Bayesian inference --
4. Fisherian inference and maximum likelihood estimation --
5. Parametric models and exponential families --
6. Empirical Bayes --
7. Jame-Stein estimation and ridge regression --
8. Generalized linear models and regression trees --
9. Survival analysis and the EM algorithm --
10. The jackknife and the bootstrap --
11. Bootstrap confidence intervals --
12. Cross-validation and Cp estimates of prediction error --
13. Objective Bayes Inference and MCMC --
14. Postwar statistical inference and methodology --
15. Large-scale hypothesis testing and FDRs --
16. Sparse modeling and the lasso --
17. Random forests and boosting --
18. Neural networks and deep learning --
19. Support-vector machines and kernel methods --
20. Inference after model selection --
21. Empirical Bayes estimation strategies.

This book takes us on an exhilarating journey through the revolution in data analysis following the introduction of electronic computation in the 1950s. Beginning with classical inferential theories - Bayesian, frequentist, Fisherian - individual chapters take up a series of influential topics: survival analysis, logistic regression, empirical Bayes, the jackknife and bootstrap, random forests, neural networks, Markov chain Monte Carlo, inference after model selection, and dozens more. The distinctly modern approach integrates methodology and algorithms with statistical inference. The book ends with speculation on the future direction of statistics and data science.

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