Applied Statistical Learning : With Case Studies in Stata / by Matthias Schonlau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schonlau, Matthias, author.

Series:

Statistics and Computing, 2197-1706

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machine learning.

Social sciences--Statistical methods.

Social sciences.

Statistics.

Statistics--Computer programs.

Quantitative research.

Statistical Learning.

Machine Learning.

Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy.

Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance.

Statistical Software.

Data Analysis and Big Data.

Local Subjects:

Statistical Learning.

Machine Learning.

Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy.

Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance.

Statistical Software.

Data Analysis and Big Data.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This textbook provides an accessible overview of statistical learning methods and techniques, and includes case studies using the statistical software Stata. After introductory material on statistical learning concepts and practical aspects, each further chapter is devoted to a statistical learning algorithm or a group of related techniques. In particular, the book presents logistic regression, regularized linear models such as the Lasso, nearest neighbors, the Naive Bayes classifier, classification trees, random forests, boosting, support vector machines, feature engineering, neural networks, and stacking. It also explains how to construct n-gram variables from text data. Examples, conceptual exercises and exercises using software are featured throughout, together with case studies in Stata, mostly from the social sciences; true to the book’s goal to facilitate the use of modern methods of data science in the field. Although mainly intended for upper undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences, given its applied nature, the book will equally appeal to readers from other disciplines, including the health sciences, statistics, engineering and computer science.

Contents:

Preface

1 Prologue

2 Statistical Learning: Concepts

3 Statistical Learning: Practical Aspects

4 Logistic Regression

5 Lasso and Friends

6 Working with Text Data

7 Nearest Neighbors

8 The Naive Bayes Classifier

9 Trees

10 Random Forests

11 Boosting

12 Support Vector Machines

13 Feature Engineering

14 Neural Networks

15 Stacking

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783031333903

303133390X

OCLC:

1392163422