TY - BOOK AU - Hand,D.J. AU - Everitt,Brian TI - The Statistical consultant in action SN - 9781139171908 (ebook) AV - QA276.17 .S73 1987 U1 - 001.4/22 19 PY - 1987/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Statistical consultants KW - Statistics N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - This book presents the human side of statistical consulting and illustrates the problems and opportunities that can arise for the modern consultant. Statistical problems occur in almost all areas of science, in medicine, in industry, in marketing, and in finance, and a wide range of interests is catered for by the twelve contributions to this unique volume. These contributions demonstrate that statistical consultancy provides a broad spectrum of intellectually stimulating problems, as well as being a vital tool in many aspects of modern life. The book will be valuable to university and college students of statistics and to all those who use statistical techniques in a consultancy environment of any kind UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139171908 ER -