The Statistical consultant in action

✍ Scribed by D J Hand; Brian Everitt

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 201
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
List of contributors......Page 11
1 - Statistical consultancy......Page 13
2 - Consultants' cameos: a chapter of encounters......Page 23
3 - Straight consulting......Page 38
4 - A two-period crossover trial......Page 54
5 - Consultancy in a medical school, illustrated by a clinical trial for treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis......Page 70
6 - The analysis of response latencies......Page 84
7 - Acid rain and tree roots: an analysis of an experiment......Page 92
8 - On identifying yeasts and related problems......Page 120
9 - Uneven sex ratios in the light-brown apple moth: a problem in outlier allocation......Page 133
10 - Collaboration between university and industry......Page 146
11 - Inspection for faulty components before or after assembly of manufactured items......Page 165
12 - Statistical modelling of the EEC Labour Force Survey: a project history......Page 183
Bibliography on statistical consulting......Page 192
Name index......Page 195
Subject index......Page 198