An Introduction to Statistics with Python: With Applications in the Life Sciences (Statistics and Computing)
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- Synopsis
- This textbook provides anintroduction to the free software Python and its use for statistical dataanalysis. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete andcategorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survivalanalysis and Bayesian statistics. Working code and data for Python solutionsfor each test, together with easy-to-follow Python examples, can be reproducedby the reader and reinforce their immediate understanding of the topic. Withrecent advances in the Python ecosystem, Python has become a popular languagefor scientific computing, offering a powerful environment for statistical dataanalysis and an interesting alternative to R. The book is intended for masterand PhD students, mainly from the life and medical sciences, with a basicknowledge of statistics. As it also provides some statistics background, thebook can be used by anyone who wants to perform a statistical dataanalysis.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319283166
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319283159
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing, Cham
- Date of Addition:
- 07/20/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Computers and Internet
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.