Modern statistical methods for astronomy : with R applications

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Modern statistical methods for astronomy : with R applications

Eric D. Feigelson, G. Jogesh Babu

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Modern astronomical research is beset with a vast range of statistical challenges, ranging from reducing data from megadatasets to characterizing an amazing variety of variable celestial objects or testing astrophysical theory. Linking astronomy to the world of modern statistics, this volume is a unique resource, introducing astronomers to advanced statistics through ready-to-use code in the public domain R statistical software environment. The book presents fundamental results of probability theory and statistical inference, before exploring several fields of applied statistics, such as data smoothing, regression, multivariate analysis and classification, treatment of nondetections, time series analysis, and spatial point processes. It applies the methods discussed to contemporary astronomical research datasets using the R statistical software, making it invaluable for graduate students and researchers facing complex data analysis tasks. A link to the author's website for this book can be found at www.cambridge.org/msma. Material available on their website includes datasets, R code and errata.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Probability
  • 3. Statistical inference
  • 4. Probability distribution functions
  • 5. Nonparametric statistics
  • 6. Density estimation or data smoothing
  • 7. Regression
  • 8. Multivariate analysis
  • 9. Clustering, classification and data mining
  • 10. Nondetections: censored and truncated data
  • 11. Time series analysis
  • 12. Spatial point processes
  • Appendices
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BB09958205
  • ISBN
    • 9780521767279
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 476 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
  • Classification
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