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Modern statistical methods for astronomy : with R applications / Eric D. Feigelson, Pennsylvania State University, G. Jogesh Babu, Pennsylvania State University.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Edition: Description: xviii, 476 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521767279 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 520.15195 FEI 22
Summary: "Modern astronomical research is beset with a vast range of statistical challenges, ranging from reducing data from megadatasets to characterizing an amazing variety of variable celestial objects or testing astrophysical theory. Yet most astronomers still use a narrow suite of traditional statistical methods. Linking astronomy to the world of modern statistics, this volume is a unique resource, introducing astronomers to advanced statistics through ready-to-use code in the public-domain R statistical software environment"--
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First published 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Modern astronomical research is beset with a vast range of statistical challenges, ranging from reducing data from megadatasets to characterizing an amazing variety of variable celestial objects or testing astrophysical theory. Yet most astronomers still use a narrow suite of traditional statistical methods. Linking astronomy to the world of modern statistics, this volume is a unique resource, introducing astronomers to advanced statistics through ready-to-use code in the public-domain R statistical software environment"--

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