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020			_a9781139031998 (ebook)
020			_z9780521519687 (hardback)
020			_z9780521732499 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQB149 _b.W35 2012
082	0	0	_a519.5024/52 _223
100	1		_aWall, J. V., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPractical statistics for astronomers / _cJ. V. Wall, C. R. Jenkins.
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 353 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge observing handbooks for research astronomers ; _v8
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Decision; 2. Probability; 3. Statistics and expectations; 4. Correlation and association; 5. Hypothesis-testing; 6. Data modelling and parameter-estimation: basics; 7. Data modelling and parameter-estimation: advanced topics; 8. Detection and surveys; 9. Sequential data - 1D statistics; 10. Statistics of large-scale structure; 11. Epilogue: statistics and our Universe; Appendices; References; Index.
520			_aAstronomy needs statistical methods to interpret data, but statistics is a many-faceted subject that is difficult for non-specialists to access. This handbook helps astronomers analyze the complex data and models of modern astronomy. This second edition has been revised to feature many more examples using Monte Carlo simulations, and now also includes Bayesian inference, Bayes factors and Markov chain Monte Carlo integration. Chapters cover basic probability, correlation analysis, hypothesis testing, Bayesian modelling, time series analysis, luminosity functions and clustering. Exercises at the end of each chapter guide readers through the techniques and tests necessary for most observational investigations. The data tables, solutions to problems, and other resources are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521732499. Bringing together the most relevant statistical and probabilistic techniques for use in observational astronomy, this handbook is a practical manual for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and professional astronomers.
650		0	_aStatistical astronomy.
700	1		_aJenkins, C. R., _d1955- _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521519687
830		0	_aCambridge observing handbooks for research astronomers ; _v8.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139031998
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