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Data Analysis

Statistical and Computational Methods for Scientists and Engineers

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  • Provides rigorous mathematical treatment of practical statistical methods for data analysis
  • Serves as a graduate textbook and reference guide for those interested in the fundamentals of data analysis
  • Useful for all fields of science and engineering requiring an understanding of statistical methods applied to experimental data
  • Includes example programs and solutions to programming problems which are written in the modern computer language Java
  • Modernizes the content in the previous edition and shortens the length of the text
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 1-6
  3. Probabilities

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 7-13
  4. Random Variables: Distributions

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 15-40
  5. Some Important Distributions and Theorems

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 69-108
  6. Samples

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 109-152
  7. The Method of Maximum Likelihood

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 153-173
  8. Testing Statistical Hypotheses

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 175-207
  9. The Method of Least Squares

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 209-265
  10. Function Minimization

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 267-306
  11. Analysis of Variance

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 307-319
  12. Linear and Polynomial Regression

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 321-329
  13. Time Series Analysis

    • Siegmund Brandt
    Pages 331-340
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 341-523

About this book

The fourth edition of this successful textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to statistical and numerical methods for the evaluation of empirical and experimental data. Equal weight is given to statistical theory and practical problems. The concise mathematical treatment of the subject matter is illustrated by many examples and for the present edition a library of Java programs has been developed. It comprises methods of numerical data analysis and graphical representation as well as many example programs and solutions to programming problems.

The book is conceived both as an introduction and as a work of reference. In particular it addresses itself to students, scientists and practitioners in science and engineering as a help in the analysis of their data in laboratory courses, in working for bachelor or master degrees, in thesis work, and in research and professional work.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

    Siegmund Brandt

About the author

Siegmund Brandt is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Siegen. With his group he worked on experiments in elementary-particle physics at the research centers DESY in Hamburg and CERN in Geneva in which the analysis of the experimental data plays an important role. He is author or coauthor of textbooks which have appeared in ten languages.

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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 89.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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