Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy: With R Applications
- ISBN-10
- 052176727X
- ISBN-13
- 9780521767279
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 476
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-07-12
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Eric D. Feigelson, G. Jogesh Babu
Description
"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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