{"product_id":"statistical-learning-for-biomedical-data-hardback-9780521875806","title":"Statistical Learning for Biomedical Data (Hardback) 9780521875806","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStatistical Learning for Biomedical Data\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis highly motivating introduction to statistical learning machines explains underlying principles in nontechnical language, using many examples and figures.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames D. Malley (Author), Karen G. Malley (Author), Sinisa Pajevic (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521875806, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e298 pages, 47 b\/w illus.  25 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 17.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book is well written and provides nice graphics and numerous applications.' Michael R. Chernick, Technometrics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is for anyone who has biomedical data and needs to identify variables that predict an outcome, for two-group outcomes such as tumor\/not-tumor, survival\/death, or response from treatment. Statistical learning machines are ideally suited to these types of prediction problems, especially if the variables being studied may not meet the assumptions of traditional techniques. Learning machines come from the world of probability and computer science but are not yet widely used in biomedical research. This introduction brings learning machine techniques to the biomedical world in an accessible way, explaining the underlying principles in nontechnical language and using extensive examples and figures. The authors connect these new methods to familiar techniques by showing how to use the learning machine models to generate smaller, more easily interpretable traditional models. Coverage includes single decision trees, multiple-tree techniques such as Random Forests™, neural nets, support vector machines, nearest neighbors and boosting.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 2. The landscape of learning machines\u003cbr\u003e 3. A mangle of machines\u003cbr\u003e 4. Three examples and several machines\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Machine Toolkit: 5. Logistic regression\u003cbr\u003e 6. A single decision tree\u003cbr\u003e 7. Random forests – trees everywhere\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Analysis Fundamentals: 8. Merely two variables\u003cbr\u003e 9. More than two variables\u003cbr\u003e 10. Resampling methods\u003cbr\u003e 11. Error analysis and model validation\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Machine Strategies: 12. Ensemble methods – let's take a vote\u003cbr\u003e 13. Summary and conclusions\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Probability \u0026amp; statistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Probability \u0026amp; statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Probability%20\u0026amp;%20statistics%20%5BPBT%5D%22\"\u003ePBT\u003c\/a\u003e], Epidemiology \u0026amp; medical statistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Epidemiology \u0026amp; medical statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Epidemiology%20\u0026amp;%20medical%20statistics%20%5BMBNS%5D%22\"\u003eMBNS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265315066136,"sku":"9780521875806","price":97.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521875806i.jpg?v=1692021632","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/statistical-learning-for-biomedical-data-hardback-9780521875806","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}