A daily glass of wine prolongs life-yet alcohol can cause life-threatening cancer. Some say raising the minimum wage will decrease inequality while others say it increases unemployment. Scientists once confidently claimed that hormone replacement therapy reduced the risk of heart disease but now they equally confidently claim it raises that risk.

What should we make of this endless barrage of conflicting claims? Observation and Experiment is an introduction to causal inference by one of the f...

Met de nieuwe 12e editie van Getal & Ruimte heb je hoogwaardig lesmateriaal dat van toegevoegde waarde is voor jou als docent én voor jouw leerling. Je kiest met Getal & Ruimte voor een methode met al meer dan 50 jaar bewezen kwaliteit. Een degelijke en betrouwbare wiskundemethode met een heldere didactische structuur, een hoog gebruiksgemak en volop mogelijkheden tot eenvoudig differentiëren in boek en online.

Met de nieuwe 12e editie van Getal & Ruimte heb je hoogwaardig lesmateriaal dat van toegevoegde waarde is voor jou als docent én voor jouw leerling. Je kiest met Getal & Ruimte voor een methode met al meer dan 50 jaar bewezen kwaliteit. Een degelijke en betrouwbare wiskundemethode met een heldere didactische structuur, een hoog gebruiksgemak en volop mogelijkheden tot eenvoudig differentiëren in boek en online.

Finite Element Modeling and Simulation with ANSYS Workbench 18, Second Edition, combines finite element theory with real-world practice. Providing an introduction to finite element modeling and analysis for those with no prior experience, and written by authors with a combined experience of 30 years teaching the subject, this text presents FEM formulations integrated with relevant hands-on instructions for using ANSYS Workbench 18. Incorporating the basic theories of FEA, simulation case stud...

Now in its sixth edition, Vector Calculus helps students gain an intuitive and solid understanding of this important subject. The book's careful account is a contemporary balance between theory, application, and historical development, providing it's readers with an insight into how mathematics progresses and is in turn influenced by the natural world.

This book brings the power of modern Bayesian thinking, modeling, and computing to a broad audience. In particular, it is an ideal resource for advanced undergraduate statistics students and practitioners with comparable experience. It empowers readers to weave Bayesian approaches into their everyday practice.

Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: A Tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan, Second Edition provides an accessible approach for conducting Bayesian data analysis, as material is explained clearly with concrete examples. Included are step-by-step instructions on how to carry out Bayesian data analyses in the popular and free software R and WinBugs, as well as new programs in JAGS and Stan. The new programs are designed to be much easier to use than the scripts in the first edition.

In particular, there ar...

The second edition of a bestselling textbook, Using R for Introductory Statistics guides students through the basics of R, helping them overcome the sometimes steep learning curve. The author does this by breaking the material down into small, task-oriented steps. The second edition maintains the features that made the first edition so popular, while updating data, examples, and changes to R in line with the current version.

Offers a unified discussion of generalized linear models and correlated data methods. Provides information suitable for graduate non-statistics majors or advanced undergraduate statistics majors. Includes case studies with real data. Offers material on R at the end of each chapter. Provides a solutions manual.