344 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
340 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
344 Pages
by
Chapman & Hall
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Galton used quantiles more than a hundred years ago in describing data. Tukey and Parzen used them in the 60s and 70s in describing populations. Since then, the authors of many papers, both theoretical and practical, have used various aspects of quantiles in their work. Until now, however, no one put all the ideas together to form what turns out to be a general approach to statistics. Statistical... Read more
INTRODUCTION: An Overview. Describing the Sample. Describing the Population. Statistical Foundations. QUANTILE MODELS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION: Foundation Distributions. Distributional Model Building. THE STATISTICAL MODELLING PROCESS: Identification. Estimation. Validation. Application. EXTENDING THE MODELS: Regression Quantile Models. Bivariate Quantile Models. Postscript.
Biography
Gilchrist, Warren
