Large-Scale Inference : Empirical Bayes Methods for Estimation, Testing, and Prediction

Bradley Efron

ISBN 10: 110761967X / ISBN 13: 9781107619678

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - We live in a new age for statistical inference, where modern scientific technology such as microarrays and fMRI machines routinely produce thousands and sometimes millions of parallel data sets, each with its own estimation or testing problem. Doing thousands of problems at once is more than repeated application of classical methods. Taking an empirical Bayes approach, Bradley Efron, inventor of the bootstrap, shows how information accrues across problems in a way that combines Bayesian and frequentist ideas. Estimation, testing and prediction blend in this framework, producing opportunities for new methodologies of increased power. New difficulties also arise, easily leading to flawed inferences. This book takes a careful look at both the promise and pitfalls of large-scale statistical inference, with particular attention to false discovery rates, the most successful of the new statistical techniques. Emphasis is on the inferential ideas underlying technical developments, illustrated using a large number of real examples.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Large-Scale Inference : Empirical Bayes Methods for Estimation, Testing, and Prediction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110761967X
• ISBN 13: 9781107619678
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 15D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 404 grams

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Synopsis

Bradley Efron explains how to perform thousands of simultaneous estimates and tests, as required by new scientific technology.

About the Author

Bradley Efron is Max H. Stein Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, and the Department of Health Research and Policy with the School of Medicine.