Programmed Statistics by BL Agarwal   For Download Please Click Here ..read more

A Beginner’s Guide to R by Alain Zuur, Elena N. Ieno, Erik Meesters (2009) “A Beginner’s Guide to R is just what its title implies, a quick-start guide for the newest R users. A unique feature of this welcome addition to Springer’s Use R! series is that it is devoted solely to getting the user up and running on R. Unlike other texts geared towards R beginners, …this text does not make the mistake of trying to simultaneously teach statistics. …there are straightforward homework exercises provided throughout…, and the data sets can be downloaded from the authors’ website… …A Beginner’s Guide t ..read more

Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis by Christian Heumann, Michael Schomaker, Shalabh 1st ed. 2016 From the Back Cover This introductory statistics textbook conveys the essential concepts and tools needed to develop and nurture statistical thinking. It presents descriptive, inductive and explorative statistical methods and guides the reader through the process of quantitative data analysis. In the experimental sciences and interdisciplinary research, data analysis has become an integral part of any scientific study. Issues such as judging the credibility of data, analyzing the data ..read more

SPSS for Starters and 2nd Levelers by Ton J. Cleophas, Aeilko H. Zwinderman 2nd ed. 2016 A unique point of this book is its low threshold, textually simple and at the same time full of self-assessment opportunities. Other unique points are the succinctness of the chapters with 3 to 6 pages, the presence of entire-commands-texts of the statistical methodologies reviewed and the fact that dull scientific texts imposing an unnecessary burden on busy and jaded professionals have been left out. For readers requesting more background, theoretical and mathematical information a note section with re ..read more

Why Nation Fails  “For those who think that a nation’s economic fate is determined by geography or culture, Daron Acemoglu and Jim Robinson have bad news. It’s man made institutions, not the lay of the land or the faith of our forefathers, that determine whether a country is rich or poor. Synthesizing brilliantly the work of theorists from Adam Smith to Douglass North with more recent empirical research by economic historians, Acemoglu and Robinson have produced a compelling and highly readable book.”   —Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of ..read more

Guide to Computer Network Security by Joseph Migga Kizza, 4th Edition (2017) Review “The fourth edition of this outstanding guide is fully revised, keeping in line with the latest technological developments of the computing ecosystem, which resulted from the removal of the logical boundaries between enterprise, mobile, wireless, and home networks, as well as the rapid extension and embedding process of social networks. … This is an outstanding reference for all computer network security professionals who need to acquire knowledge shared from the great experience of the author.” (Computing R ..read more

Computer Vision by Richard Szeliski (2011) Review: “This large work by Szeliski (Microsoft Research), an experienced computer vision researcher and instructor, contains hundreds of glossy color photos that illustrate the variety of techniques used to analyze and interpret images. … It is suitable for teaching a senior-level undergraduate course in computer vision or graduate courses covering the more demanding material. Its primary use will be as a general reference to the fundamental techniques and recent research literature for graduate students, faculty/researchers, and professionals. Sum ..read more

Statistics and Analysis of Scientific Data by Massimiliano Bonamente, 2nd Edition (2017) The revised second edition of this textbook provides the reader with a solid foundation in probability theory and statistics as applied to the physical sciences, engineering and related fields. It covers a broad range of numerical and analytical methods that are essential for the correct analysis of scientific data, including probability theory, distribution functions of statistics, fits to two-dimensional data and parameter estimation, Monte Carlo methods and Markov chains.  Features new to this ed ..read more

Introductory Statistics with R by Peter Dalgaard 2nd Edition (2008) From the reviews: "…extensive, well organized, and well documented…The book is an elegant R companion, suitable for the statistically initiated who want to program their own analyses. For experienced statisticians and data analysts, the book provides a good overview of the basic statistical analysis capabilities of R and presumably prepares readers for later migration to S…The format of this compact book is attractive…The book makes excellent use of fonts and intersperses graphics near the codes that produced them. Output from ..read more

All of Statistics by Larry Wasserman (2004) Review Winner of the 2005 DeGroot Prize. From the reviews: "Presuming no previous background in statistics and described by the author as "demanding" yet "understandable because the material is as intuitive as possible" (p. viii), this certainly would be my choice of textbook if I was required to learn mathematical statistics again for a couple of semesters." Technometrics, August 2004 "This book should be seriously considered as a text for a theoretical statsitics course for non-majors, and perhaps even for majors...The coverage of emerging ..read more