Statistics in Action: A Canadian Outlook
Jerald F. Lawless, Editor
The Statistical Society of Canada commissioned this book for the 2013 International Year of Statistics. The book was published in 2014 by Chapman & Hall/CRC. Its objective was to present to a general readership some of the ways in which statistics is used, while highlighting important contributions that Canadian statisticians are making to science, technology, business, and government, among others.
The book can be purchased at http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781482236231 or through Amazon. SSC members may purchase the book for a discounted price of US$ 50 by filling out the appropriate form (available here in Word and PDF) and emailing it to George Kenney (george.kenney@taylorandfrancis.com) to place their order. With the publisher’s authorization, the book and its contents can be downloaded free of charge by clicking on the following links.
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Preface
by Jerald F. Lawless
by Jerald F. Lawless
Chapter 1: Canadians Studying Abroad and the Development of Statistics in Canada
by David R. Bellhouse and Stephen E. Fienberg
by David R. Bellhouse and Stephen E. Fienberg
Chapter 2: Some of Statistics Canada’s Contributions to Survey Methodology
by Jean-François Beaumont, Susie Fortier, Jack Gambino, Michael Hidiroglou, and Pierre Lavallée
by Jean-François Beaumont, Susie Fortier, Jack Gambino, Michael Hidiroglou, and Pierre Lavallée
Chapter 3: Watching Children Grow Taught Us All We Know
by James O. Ramsay and Michael Hermanussen
by James O. Ramsay and Michael Hermanussen
Chapter 4: Modeling Dependence beyond Correlation
by Christian Genest and Johanna G. Nešlehová
by Christian Genest and Johanna G. Nešlehová
Chapter 5: Lasso and Sparsity in Statistics
by Robert J. Tibshirani
by Robert J. Tibshirani
Chapter 6: Optimizing and Adapting the Metropolis Algorithm
by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
Chapter 7: Design of Computer Experiments for Optimization, Estimation of Function Contours, and Related Objectives
by Derek Bingham, Pritam Ranjan, and William J. Welch
by Derek Bingham, Pritam Ranjan, and William J. Welch
Chapter 8: Statistical Genetic Modeling and Analysis of Complex Traits
by Shelley B. Bull, Jinko Graham, and Celia M. T. Greenwood
by Shelley B. Bull, Jinko Graham, and Celia M. T. Greenwood
Chapter 9: Bayesian Methods in Fisher’s Statistical Genetics World
by Radu V. Craiu and Lei Sun
by Radu V. Craiu and Lei Sun
Chapter 10: Bayesian Statistical Methodology for Observational Health Sciences Data
by Paul Gustafson
by Paul Gustafson
Chapter 11: Statistical Models for Disease Processes: Markers and Skeletal Complications in Cancer Metastatic to Bone
by Richard J. Cook
by Richard J. Cook
Chapter 12: Analysis of Biased Survival Data: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging and beyond
by Masoud Asgharian, Christina Wolfson, and David B. Wolfson
by Masoud Asgharian, Christina Wolfson, and David B. Wolfson
Chapter 13: Assessing the Effect on Survival of Kidney Transplantation with Higher-Risk Donor Kidneys
by Douglas E. Schaubel and John D. Kalbfleisch
by Douglas E. Schaubel and John D. Kalbfleisch
Chapter 14: Risk-Adjusted Monitoring of Outcomes in Health Care
by Stefan H. Steiner
by Stefan H. Steiner
Chapter 15: Statistics in Financial Engineering
by Bruno Rémillard
by Bruno Rémillard
Chapter 17: What Do Salmon and Injection Drug Users Have in Common?
by Laura L. E. Cowen, Wendell O. Challenger, and Carl J. Schwarz
by Laura L. E. Cowen, Wendell O. Challenger, and Carl J. Schwarz
Chapter 18: Capture-Recapture Methods for Estimating the Size of a Population: Dealing with Variable Capture Probabilities
by Louis-Paul Rivest and Sophie Baillargeon
by Louis-Paul Rivest and Sophie Baillargeon
Chapter 19: Challenges in Statistical Marine Ecology
by Joanna Mills Flemming and Christopher A. Field
by Joanna Mills Flemming and Christopher A. Field
Chapter 20: Quantifying the Human and Natural Contributions to Observed Climate Change
by Francis W. Zwiers, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Xuebin Zhang, and Qiuzi H. Wen
by Francis W. Zwiers, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Xuebin Zhang, and Qiuzi H. Wen
Chapter 21: Data Hungry Models in a Food Hungry World: An Interdisciplinary Challenge Bridged by Statistics
by Louis Kouadio and Nathaniel Newlands
by Louis Kouadio and Nathaniel Newlands