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"The book will form a solid foundation to support the transition of
students into the world of work or further research." Professor
Jane M Binner, Chair of Finance, Department of Finance, University
of Birmingham, UK "In over 20 years of teaching quantitative
methods, I have rarely come across a book such as this which
meets/exceeds all the expectations of its intended audience so
well" Tuan Yu, Lecturer, Kent Business School, Canterbury, UK "This
is a fantastic book for anyone wanting to understand, learn and
apply quantitative methods in finance using R" Professor Raphael
Markellos, Professor of Finance, Norwich Business School, UK
Quantitative Methods in Finance Using R draws on the extensive
teaching and research expertise of John Fry and Matt Burke,
covering a wide range of quantitative methods in Finance that
utilise the freely downloadable R software. With software playing
an increasingly important role in finance, this book is a must-have
introduction for finance students who want to explore how they can
undertake their own quantitative analyses in dissertation and
project work. Assuming no prior knowledge, and taking a holistic
approach, this brand new title guides you from first principles and
help to build your confidence in tackling large data sets in R.
Complete with examples and exercises with worked solutions, Fry and
Burke demonstrate how to use the R freeware for regression and
linear modelling, with attention given to presentation and the
importance of good writing and presentation skills in project work
and data analysis more generally. Through this book, you will
develop your understanding of: *Descriptive statistics *Inferential
statistics *Regression *Analysis of variance *Probability
regression models *Mixed models *Financial and non-financial time
series John Fry is a senior lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the
University of Hull. Fry has a PhD in Mathematical Finance from the
University of Sheffield. His main research interests span
mathematical finance, econophysics, statistics and operations
research. Matt Burke is a senior lecturer in Finance at Sheffield
Hallam University. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of
East Anglia. Burke's main research interests lie in asset pricing
and climate finance.
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