Empirical likelihood methods have emerged as a robust, non‐parametric framework for statistical inference that skilfully bypasses the need for strong parametric assumptions. By constructing likelihood ...
Description: Introduction to the basic techniques of statistical analysis applicable to sociological data. Elementary descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Introduction to multivariate ...
Although it is the goal of most statistical investigation, causal inference has traditionally been ignored by statistical theory. Fortunately, there is now intense activity in a number of fields, ...