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This volume presents an eclectic mix of original research articles
in areas covering the analysis of ordered data, stochastic modeling
and biostatistics. These areas were featured in a conference held
at the University of Texas at Dallas from March 7 to 9, 2014 in
honor of Professor H. N. Nagaraja's 60th birthday and his
distinguished contributions to statistics. The articles were
written by leading experts who were invited to contribute to the
volume from among the conference participants. The volume is
intended for all researchers with an interest in order statistics,
distribution theory, analysis of censored data, stochastic
modeling, time series analysis, and statistical methods for the
health sciences, including statistical genetics.
Collecting and analyzing data on unemployment, inflation, and
inequality help describe the complex world around us. When
published by the government, such data are called official
statistics. They are reported by the media, used by politicians to
lend weight to their arguments, and by economic commentators to
opine about the state of society. Despite such widescale use,
explanations about how these measures are constructed are seldom
provided for a non-technical reader. This Measuring Society book is
a short, accessible guide to six topics: jobs, house prices,
inequality, prices for goods and services, poverty, and
deprivation. Each relates to concepts we use on a personal level to
form an understanding of the society in which we live: We need a
job, a place to live, and food to eat. Using data from the United
States, we answer three basic questions: why, how, and for whom
these statistics have been constructed. We add some context and
flavor by discussing the historical background. This book provides
the reader with a good grasp of these measures. Chaitra H. Nagaraja
is an Associate Professor of Statistics at the Gabelli School of
Business at Fordham University in New York. Her research interests
include house price indices and inequality measurement. Prior to
Fordham, Dr. Nagaraja was a researcher at the U.S. Census Bureau.
While there, she worked on projects relating to the American
Community Survey.
This volume presents an eclectic mix of original research articles
in areas covering the analysis of ordered data, stochastic modeling
and biostatistics. These areas were featured in a conference held
at the University of Texas at Dallas from March 7 to 9, 2014 in
honor of Professor H. N. Nagaraja's 60th birthday and his
distinguished contributions to statistics. The articles were
written by leading experts who were invited to contribute to the
volume from among the conference participants. The volume is
intended for all researchers with an interest in order statistics,
distribution theory, analysis of censored data, stochastic
modeling, time series analysis, and statistical methods for the
health sciences, including statistical genetics.
Collecting and analyzing data on unemployment, inflation, and
inequality help describe the complex world around us. When
published by the government, such data are called official
statistics. They are reported by the media, used by politicians to
lend weight to their arguments, and by economic commentators to
opine about the state of society. Despite such widescale use,
explanations about how these measures are constructed are seldom
provided for a non-technical reader. This Measuring Society book is
a short, accessible guide to six topics: jobs, house prices,
inequality, prices for goods and services, poverty, and
deprivation. Each relates to concepts we use on a personal level to
form an understanding of the society in which we live: We need a
job, a place to live, and food to eat. Using data from the United
States, we answer three basic questions: why, how, and for whom
these statistics have been constructed. We add some context and
flavor by discussing the historical background. This book provides
the reader with a good grasp of these measures. Chaitra H. Nagaraja
is an Associate Professor of Statistics at the Gabelli School of
Business at Fordham University in New York. Her research interests
include house price indices and inequality measurement. Prior to
Fordham, Dr. Nagaraja was a researcher at the U.S. Census Bureau.
While there, she worked on projects relating to the American
Community Survey.
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