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Dewey Class	519.5
Title	Computing in Statistical Science through APL ([EBook] /) / by Francis John Anscombe.
Author	Anscombe, Francis John
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	New York, NY : : Springer New York, , 1981.
Physical Details	XVI, 428 p. : online resource.
Series	Springer Series in Statistics 0172-7397
ISBN	9781461394501
Summary Note	A t the terminal seated, the answering tone: pond and temple bell. ODAY as in the past, statistical method is profoundly affected by T resources for numerical calculation and visual display. The main line of development of statistical methodology during the first half of this century was conditioned by, and attuned to, the mechanical desk calculator. Now statisticians may use electronic computers of various kinds in various modes, and the character of statistical science has changed accordingly. Some, but not all, modes of modern computation have a flexibility and immediacy reminiscent of the desk calculator. They preserve the virtues of the desk calculator, while immensely exceeding its scope. Prominent among these is the computer language and conversational computing system known by the initials APL. This book is addressed to statisticians. Its first aim is to interest them in using APL in their work-for statistical analysis of data, for numerical support of theoretical studies, for simulation of random processes. In Part A the language is described and illustrated with short examples of statistical calculations. Part B, presenting some more extended examples of statistical analysis of data, has also the further aim of suggesting the interplay of computing and theory that must surely henceforth be typical of the develop ment of statistical science.:
Contents note	1 Statistical Computing -- A Description of APL -- 2 Origins -- 3 Primitive Scalar Functions -- 4 Arrays -- 5 Primitive Functions on Arrays -- 6 Defined Functions -- 7 Illustrations -- 8 Comments -- Exercises for Part A -- B Experiments in Statistical Analysis -- 9 Changing Attitudes -- 10 Time Series: Yale Enrolment -- 11 Regression: Public School Expenditures -- 12 Contingency Tables and Pearson-Plackett Distributions -- Appendix 1 Two Occasional Papers -- Appendix 2 Tests of Residuals -- Appendix 3 ASP: A Statistical Package in A Programming Language -- References.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9450-1
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Statistics . Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs . Authors: Anscombe, Francis John . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Springer Series in Statistics . Classification: 519.5 .

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