Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Tests with Applications - Hardcover

Balakrishnan, Narayanaswamy; Voinov, Vassilly; Nikulin, M.S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123971942 ISBN 13: 9780123971944

Publisher: Academic Press, 2013

Synopsis

Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Tests with Applications provides a thorough and complete context for the theoretical basis and implementation of Pearson’s monumental contribution and its wide applicability for chi-squared goodness of fit tests. The book is ideal for researchers and scientists conducting statistical analysis in processing of experimental data as well as to students and practitioners with a good mathematical background who use statistical methods. The historical context, especially Chapter 7, provides great insight into importance of this subject with an authoritative author team.  This reference includes the most recent application developments in using these methods and models.

• Systematic presentation with interesting historical context and coverage of the fundamentals of the subject
• Presents modern model validity methods, graphical techniques, and computer-intensive methods
• Recent research and a variety of open problems
• Interesting real-life examples for practitioners

About this title

About the Author:

Professor Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada & visiting Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Balakrishnan is a statistical distribution theorist and books powerhouse with 16 authored books, 4 authored handbooks, and 27 edited books under his name. He is current Editor-in-Chief of Communications in Statistics, and for the revised Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences published by Wiley.

Review:

"The book covers modifications and advances of chi-squared test in cases of various situations. On the whole, the book has a highly mathematical treatment and will be very useful to the researchers working on problems related to chi-squared tests of statistical hypothesis testing."--Zentralblatt MATH, 1276.62027 "The primary purpose of this book is to provide a detailed exploration of the theory, methods, and applications of the chi-squared goodness of fit test first advanced by Karl Pearson over 100 years ago."--Reference and Research BookNews.com, April 2013

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0123971942
• ISBN 13: 9780123971944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256