Discrete data is qualitative data. Continuous data is quantitative data. Simply put, discrete values are finite, and ...

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Description: A first course in probability intended to serve as a background for statistics and other applications. Sample spaces and axioms of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, ...

Provides a one-semester course in probability and statistics with applications in the engineering sciences. Probability of events, discrete and continuous random variables cumulative distribution, ...

Acyclic directed mixed graphs (ADMGs) are graphs that contain directed (→) and bidirected (↔) edges, subject to the constraint that there are no cycles of directed edges. Such graphs may be used to ...

The world is full of uncertainty: accidents, storms, unruly financial markets, noisy communications. The world is also full of data. Probabilistic modeling and the related field of statistical ...

This course provides a solid basis for further study in statistics and data analysis or in pattern recognition and operations research. It is especially appropriate for students with an undergraduate ...

This paper develops statistical models for the analysis of discrete longitudinal data. Many interesting stochastic processes are generated by a model in which discrete events arise from a ...