TY - BOOK AU - Monahan,John F. TI - Numerical methods of statistics SN - 9781107665934 U1 - 519.50285 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Data processing KW - Numerical analysis N2 - This book explains how computer software is designed to perform the tasks required for sophisticated statistical analysis. For statisticians, it examines the nitty-gritty computational problems behind statistical methods. For mathematicians and computer scientists, it looks at the application of mathematical tools to statistical problems. The first half of the book offers a basic background in numerical analysis that emphasizes issues important to statisticians. The next several chapters cover a broad array of statistical tools, such as maximum likelihood and nonlinear regression ER -