1st Edition

Nonparametric Methods in Statistics with SAS Applications

By Olga Korosteleva Copyright 2014
196 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

195 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

195 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

Designed for a graduate course in applied statistics, Nonparametric Methods in Statistics with SAS Applications teaches students how to apply nonparametric techniques to statistical data. It starts with the tests of hypotheses and moves on to regression modeling, time-to-event analysis, density estimation, and resampling methods. The text begins with classical nonparametric hypotheses... Read more

Hypotheses Testing for Two Samples
Sign Test for Location Parameter for Matched Paired Samples
Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test for Location Parameter for Matched Paired Samples
Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Location Parameter for Two Independent Samples
Ansari-Bradley Test for Scale Parameter for Two Independent Samples
Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for Equality of Distributions

Hypotheses Testing for Several Samples
Friedman Rank Test for Location Parameter for Several Dependent Samples
Kruskal-Wallis H-Test for Location Parameter for Several Independent Samples

Tests for Categorical Data
Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient Test
Fisher Exact Test

Nonparametric Regression
Loess Regression
Thin-Plate Smoothing Spline Method

Nonparametric Generalized Additive Regression
Definition
Nonparametric Binary Logistic Model
Nonparametric Poisson Model

Time-to-Event Analysis
Kaplan-Meier Estimator of Survival Function
Log-Rank Test for Comparison of Two Survival Functions
Cox Proportional Hazards Model

Univariate Probability Density Estimation
Histogram
Kernel Density Estimator

Resampling Methods for Interval Estimation
Jackknife
Bootstrap

Appendix A: Tables
Appendix B: Answers to Exercises

Recommended Books

Index of Notation

Index

Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.

Biography

Olga Korosteleva is an associate professor of statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). She received a Ph.D. in statistics from Purdue University.

"… just what I have been looking for. The purpose of the book is to teach master’s students applications of popular nonparametric methods making use of SAS 9.3 software. … My favorite feature of this book is that it has many examples and exercises. The examples are carefully chosen from various areas such as education, psychology, and clinical trials. Each chapter contains a collection of exercises with datasets and the larger ones can be downloaded from author’s book website. The author also offers a solution manual for all exercises … a great reference for students and practitioners who are interested in using SAS to apply nonparametric methods."
The American Statistician, February 2015