Felix Famoye

Applied Statistics presents a thorough treatment of the methods of regression and analysis of variance. The book focuses on conceptual understandings of statistical methods in regression and analysis of variance as well as the use of statistical software to obtain correct results. Real data examples from many fields of study are used to motivate the presentation and illustrate the concepts and methods. Almost all of the examples in the book are accompanied with their corresponding SAS programs. The R programs are available on the following website: http://people.cst.cmich.edu/famoy1kf/appliedstat. This textbook is user-friendly and simplifies the presentation of complicated material. Applied Statistics requires an understanding of introductory statistics courses and is suitable for both junior and senior undergraduate students.

Lagrangian expansions can be used to obtain numerous useful probability models, which have been applied to real life situations including, but not limited to: branching processes, queuing processes, stochastic processes, environmental toxicology, diffusion of information, ecology, strikes in industries, sales of new products, and production targets for optimum profits. This book presents a comprehensive, systematic treatment of the class of Lagrangian probability distributions, along with some of its families, their properties, and important applications. Graduate students and researchers with a good knowledge of standard statistical techniques and an interest in Lagrangian probability distributions will find this work valuable. It may be used as a reference text or in courses and seminars on Distribution Theory and Lagrangian Distributions. Applied scientists and researchers in environmental statistics, reliability, sales management, epidemiology, operations research, optimization in manufacturing and marketing, and infectious disease control will benefit immensely from the various applications in the book.