new book

[tibs@utstat.toronto.edu]

The following new book may be of interest to connectionists:


An Introduction to the Bootstrap- Brad Efron and Rob Tibshirani

This is the first general book written on the bootstrap and related topics
(Jackknife, cross-validation ...) 

The purpose of this book is to present an overview of the bootstrap and 
related methods for assessing statistical accuracy. The objectives are a) 
to provide the reader with a working knowledge of bootstrap and related 
methodologies, and b) serve as a resource text for researchers in the area. 

The first 19 chapters are expository and are suitable for a one semester 
course at the upper undergraduate or masters level. They require one probability 
and one statistics course as a prerequisite. Each chapter has numerous 
problems. We have written this part of the book so that it will be accessible to 
non-specialists, particularly scientists who are seeking to learn about 
these methods for possible use in their own work. The remaining chapters 
are at a higher mathematical level, and together with parts of Chapters 
6-19, are suitable for a graduate level course in statistics.

This book is aimed at statisticians, upper year undergraduate and graduate 
students in statistics, and scientists, engineers and doctors who do 
quantitative research.

Bradley Efron is the inventor of the bootstrap and is responsible for many 
of the major research advances in the area. Robert Tibshirani was a student 
of Dr. Efron's, has contributed to research in this area and is an active 
researcher and author in the statistical community.

Ordering information:

An Introduction to the Bootstrap- Efron and Tibshirani ISBN 0-412-04231-2
 
Chapman and Hall
One Penn Plaza- 41st floor
New York, Ny. 10119
Phone 212 564-1060  
Customer service FAX 212-268-9964
Toll free order FAX 1-800-248-4724


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