Data Analysis : A Bayesian Tutorial (9780198568322)

Statistics lectures have been a source of much bewilderment and frustration for generations of students. This book attempts to remedy the situation by expounding a logical and unified approach to the whole subject of data analysis. This text is intended as a tutorial guide for senior undergraduates and research students in science and engineering. After explaining the basic principles of Bayesian probability theory, their use is illustrated with a variety of examples ranging from elementary parameter estimation to image processing. Other topics covered include reliability analysis, multivariate optimization, least-squares and maximum likelihood, error-propagation, hypothesis testing, maximum entropy and experimental design.

The Second Edition of this successful tutorial book contains a new chapter on extensions to the ubiquitous least-squares procedure, allowing for the straightforward handling of outliers and unknown correlated noise, and a cutting-edge contribution from John Skilling on a novel numerical technique for Bayesian computation called 'nested sampling'.

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• Format Paperback | 264 pages
• Dimensions 159 x 233 x 15mm | 408g
• Publication date 27 Jul 2006
• Publisher Oxford University Press
• Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Revised
• Edition Statement 2nd Revised edition
• Illustrations note 68 line drawings + 1 halftone
• ISBN10 0198568320
• ISBN13 9780198568322
• Bestsellers rank 123,090

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Executive Function Dysfunction - Strategies for Educators and Parents (9781849057530)

Concise and accessible, this plain English guide will help parents and educators to understand and support children with executive function difficulties at home and in the classroom.

The author describes the cognitive processes that make up the executive functions, including attention, behavioral inhibition, theory of mind, organizational skills, time management, planning, decision-making, and self-talk. Using real examples, she describes how difficulties in each of these areas may manifest, and offers practical hints, tips, and accommodations for supporting children both in and out of school.

Containing a wealth of helpful information as well as tried-and-tested strategies, this is the perfect primer for parents and educators of children with executive function difficulties.

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• Format Paperback | 128 pages
• Dimensions 157 x 233 x 5mm | 197g
• Publication date 21 Aug 2014
• Publisher JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 13 black and white photographs
• ISBN10 1849057532
• ISBN13 9781849057530
• Bestsellers rank 24,045

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The Courage of Hopelessness : Chronicles of a Year of Acting Dangerously (9780141986098)

The maverick philosopher returns to explore today's idealogical, political and economic battles, and asks whether radical change is possible

In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Yet, argues Slavoj Zizek, it is only when we have admit to ourselves that our situation is completely hopeless - that the light at the end of the tunnel is in fact the headlight of a train approaching us from the opposite direction - that fundamental change can be brought about.

Surveying the various challenges in the world today, from mass migration and geopolitical tensions to terrorism, the explosion of rightist populism and the emergence of new radical politics - all of which, in their own way, express the impasses of global capitalism - Zizek explores whether there still remains the possibility for genuine change. Today, he proposes, the only true question is,or should be, this: do we endorse the predominant acceptance of capitalism as fact of human nature, or does today's capitalism contain strong enough antagonisms to prevent its infinite reproduction? Can we, he asks, move beyond the failure of socialism, and beyond the current wave of populist rage, and initiate radical change before the train hits?

'Zizek is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: the result is deeply interesting and provocative' - Guardian

'Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation' -New Yorker

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• Format Paperback | 336 pages
• Dimensions 129 x 198 x 19mm | 247g
• Publication date 03 May 2018
• Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0141986093
• ISBN13 9780141986098
• Bestsellers rank 32,545

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History of the Albany Penitentiary (9781173020835)

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

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History Of The Albany Penitentiary David Dyer J. Munsell, 1867 Social Science; Penology; Buildings; Prisons; Social Science / Penology

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• Format Paperback | 286 pages
• Dimensions 189 x 246 x 15mm | 513g
• Publication date 09 Jul 2011
• Publisher Nabu Press
• Publication City/Country Charleston SC, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 1173020837
• ISBN13 9781173020835

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