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Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective

Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective
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Dewey Class 519.536
Title Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective ([Ebook]) / by Richard A. Berk.
Author Berk, Richard A.
Other name(s) SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication New York, NY : Springer , 2008.
Physical Details XVIII, 360 pages : online resource.
Series Springer Series in Statistics 0172-7397
ISBN 9780387775012
Summary Note Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective considers statistical learning applications when interest centers on the conditional distribution of the response variable, given a set of predictors, and when it is important to characterize how the predictors are related to the response. As a first approximation, this is can be seen as an extension of nonparametric regression. Among the statistical learning procedures examined are bagging, random forests, boosting, and support vector machines. Response variables may be quantitative or categorical. Real applications are emphasized, especially those with practical implications. One important theme is the need to explicitly take into account asymmetric costs in the fitting process. For example, in some situations false positives may be far less costly than false negatives. Another important theme is to not automatically cede modeling decisions to a fitting algorithm. In many settings, subject-matter knowledge should trump formal fitting criteria. Yet another important theme is to appreciate the limitation of oneâs data and not apply statistical learning procedures that require more than the data can provide. The material is written for graduate students in the social and life sciences and for researchers who want to apply statistical learning procedures to scientific and policy problems. Intuitive explanations and visual representations are prominent. All of the analyses included are done in R. Richard Berk is Distinguished Professor of Statistics Emeritus from the Department of Statistics at UCLA and currently a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Statistics and in the Department of Criminology. He is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has served in a professional capacity with a number of organizations such as the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics for the National Research Council and the Board of Directors of the Social Science Research Council. His research has ranged across a variety of applications in the social and natural sciences.:
Contents note Statistical learning as a regression problem -- Regression splines and regression smoothers -- Classification and regression trees (CART) -- Bagging -- Random forests -- Boosting -- Support vector machines -- Broader implications and a bit of craft lore.
System details note Online access is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77501-2
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