The Statistical consultant in action

✍ Scribed by D J Hand; Brian Everitt

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

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ 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

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