Practical statistics for astronomers /
"Astronomy, like any experimental subject, needs statistical methods to interpret data reliably. This practical handbook presents the most relevant statistical and probabilistic machinery for use in observational astronomy. Classical parametric and non-parametric methods are covered, but there...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2003.
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Colección: | Cambridge observing handbooks for research astronomers ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Notation; 1 Decision; 2 Probability; 3 Statistics and expectations; 4 Correlation and association; 5 Hypothesis testing; 6 Data modelling; parameter estimation; 7 Detection and surveys; 8 Sequential data
- 1D statistics; 9 Surface distribution
- 2D statistics; Appendix 1 The literature; Appendix 2 Statistical tables; References; Index