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Statistical Application Development with R and Python

Statistical Application Development with R and Python

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Statistical Application Development with R and Python

Statistical Application Development with R and Python

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Overview of this book

Statistical Analysis involves collecting and examining data to describe the nature of data that needs to be analyzed. It helps you explore the relation of data and build models to make better decisions. This book explores statistical concepts along with R and Python, which are well integrated from the word go. Almost every concept has an R code going with it which exemplifies the strength of R and applications. The R code and programs have been further strengthened with equivalent Python programs. Thus, you will first understand the data characteristics, descriptive statistics and the exploratory attitude, which will give you firm footing of data analysis. Statistical inference will complete the technical footing of statistical methods. Regression, linear, logistic modeling, and CART, builds the essential toolkit. This will help you complete complex problems in the real world. You will begin with a brief understanding of the nature of data and end with modern and advanced statistical models like CART. Every step is taken with DATA and R code, and further enhanced by Python. The data analysis journey begins with exploratory analysis, which is more than simple, descriptive, data summaries. You will then apply linear regression modeling, and end with logistic regression, CART, and spatial statistics. By the end of this book you will be able to apply your statistical learning in major domains at work or in your projects.
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Index

Regression spline

In this section, we will consider various enhancements/generalizations of the linear regression model. We will begin with a piecewise linear regression model and then consider the polynomial regression extension.

The term spline refers to a thin strip of wood that can be easily bent along a curved line.

Basis functions

In the previous section, we made multiple transformations of the input variable X with Basis functions. In the Data Re-expression section of Chapter 4, Exploratory Analysis, we saw how a useful log transformation gave a better stem-and-leaf display than the original variable itself.

In many applications, it has been found that the transformed variables are more important than the original variable itself. Thus, we need a more generic framework to consider the transformations of the variables. Such a framework is provided by the basis functions.

For a single covariate X, the set of transformations may be defined as follows:

Basis functions

Here, Basis functions is the m th transformation of X, and Basis functions is the...

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