Mathematical Primer for Social Statistics

de John Fox Jr.

"A Mathematical Primer for Social Statistics, Second Edition is organized around bodies of mathematical knowledge central to learning and understanding advanced statistics: the basic "language" of linear algebra; differential and integral calculus; probability theory; common probability distributions; statistical estimation and inference. The volume concludes showing the application of mathematical concepts and operations to the familiar case, linear least-squares regression. The Second Edition gives much more attention to visualization. It also covers some new topics, such as an introduction to Markov-Chain Monte Carlo methods. Also included is a companion website with materials that will enable readers to use the R statistical computing environment to reproduce and expand on computations presented in the volume. The book will make an excellent text to accompany a math camp or a course designed to provide foundational mathematics needed to understand advanced statistics. It will also serve as a valuable reference for those who have completed their formal training but are still interested in learning new statistical methods"--