Brooks Books

S programmers refer to this as "the white book", and it is a key reference for understanding the methods implemented in several of S-PLUS' high-end statistical functions, including 'lm()', predict()', 'design()', 'aov()', 'glm()', 'gam()', 'loess()', 'tree()', 'burl.tree()', 'nls()' and 'ms()'.

It's apparently out of print, but it shouldn't be.

Even with the recent arrival of S-PLUS releases that incorporate S version 4 and many of the ideas discussed in "the green book" (<>, also by John Chambers), this classic S reference is an indispensable tool for the serious statistician. It needs to be reissued--with a white cover, of course.

Here are the titles of the chapters, for reference:

1. An Appetizer

2. Statistical Models

3. Data for Models

4. Linear Models

5. Analysis of Variance: Designed Experiments

6. Generalized Linear Models

7. Generalized Additive Models

8. Local Regression Models

9. Tree-Based Models

10. Nonlinear Models

A. Classes and Methods: Object-oriented Programming in S

B. S Functions and Classes

References

Index

If you really want to know what you're doing when you use S, buy this book. Don't waste your money on a book like Venables and Ripley -- you will be sorely dissappointed, unless you just want a large collections of example calls to canned S routines. The authors of the present book, on the other hand, are Chambers and Hastie of AT&T (where S was invented), and they clearly understand the importance of detailed explanations of the theory underlying the S functions they describe. Just as important, in my opinion, they also describe the algorithms used by these functions. These two components are missing from other books (like the popular Venables and Ripley) but they are critical in order to know -- and be able to explain and justify to others -- how and why your statistical analyses were performed and what the results really mean. Any other was of doing statistics (e.g. throwing canned procedures at your data and seeing what pretty graphs and figures you can produce) is meaningless.

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This book is not for the advanced statistician by any means--but it is a good tool for use in health care by typical quality management staff.

I have had formal graduate education in SPC from world class leaders. But this book is a must read for anyone who performs statistical analysis for quality management, especially in the health care arena. I actually covet the Hart's advice and would declare that any reader would learn much from this reading. The tidbits of knowledge will assist the quality staff in interpretation far beyond any courses that I am aware of in the U.S. This book will make you a cut above others in your field.

I thought this was a great book! The author did a great job of spelling out examples without leaving out many steps. You shouldn't have any problem working with this book if you are a new-comer to statistics.

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Sweitzer and King have written one of the most comprehensive guides to help students make the most out of their internship experiences. They cram more than enough techniques, resources and advice to help a student problem solve through one of the strangest places on earth: an office. The book is intended to be a text for students but it will more likely be used by internship coordinators who need to develop training modules or programs to prepare students for internships. The authors effectively blend relevant components of student development, career development, experiential education and human resources within a model that predicts the typical internship experience.

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The only downside to this book is that for some reason it's intended for students who are performing field study for clinicals, however much of the book is applicable for internships in any discipline. This book is highly recommended for interns or the career services practitioner.

I used this book to help guide me through my internship for Social Work. I found it to be a great help in how I was able to see myself working professionally throughout my internship. This text let me know that experiences I went through were normal and that I was not going crazing or doing things wrong. Things that happened were normal and expected. My supervisor was very supportive during my internship with his agency even though I was having difficulties at times and I now know this is because he already knew that I would experience them. I knew from reading the text that client interaction would at times be difficult and my feelings with them could cross over personally and I had to be aware of my professionalism. I have really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is involved in an internship. I find it vital to help one understand how they are doing in their internship and how normal things are that are happening to them during there internship.

The twenty-five poems that comprise this chapbook glitter with a strange and compelling mixture of Catholic imagery and contemporary concerns. It's as if these poems were forged in some kind of hallucinatory limbo state, as they bear witness to human atrocities large and small yet still strive -- despite pain, suffering, and numbness -- for life and hope. The collection conveys a clear sense of what contemporary women are up against, from internalized pressures to be thin and perfect (often conveyed through memories of the speaker's mother) to external dangers ranging from banal domesticity to life-threatening violence. Glimmerings of faith are revealed, along with elements of an evolving life philosophy. In "The Evil Eye," for instance, the speaker, having chosen a protected spot for yoga class, observes:

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