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Preface |
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1 What Is an Exponential Family? |
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2 Examples of Exponential Families |
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2.1 Examples Important for the Sequel |
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2.2 Examples Less Important for the Sequel |
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15 | (6) |
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21 | (3) |
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3 Regularity Conditions and Basic Properties |
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3.1 Regularity and Analytical Properties |
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24 | (7) |
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3.2 Likelihood and Maximum Likelihood |
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31 | (5) |
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3.3 Alternative Parameterizations |
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36 | (9) |
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3.4 Solving Likelihood Equations Numerically |
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45 | (1) |
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3.5 Conditional Inference for Canonical Parameter |
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46 | (4) |
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3.6 Common Models as Examples |
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50 | (9) |
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3.7 Completeness and Basu's Theorem |
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59 | (2) |
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3.8 Mean Value Parameter and Cramer--Rao (In)equality |
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61 | (3) |
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4 Asymptotic Properties of the MLE |
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64 | (11) |
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4.1 Large Sample Asymptotics |
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64 | (6) |
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4.2 Small Sample Refinement: Saddlepoint Approximations |
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70 | (5) |
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5 Testing Model-Reducing Hypotheses |
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75 | (25) |
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76 | (4) |
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5.2 Fisher's Exact Test for Independence, Homogeneity, Etc. |
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80 | (4) |
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5.3 Further Remarks on Statistical Tests |
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84 | (2) |
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5.4 Large Sample Approximation of the Exact Test |
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86 | (4) |
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5.5 Asymptotically Equivalent Large Sample Tests |
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90 | (4) |
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5.6 A Poisson Trick for Deriving Test Statistics |
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94 | (6) |
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6 Boltzmann's Law in Statistics |
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100 | (18) |
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6.1 Microcanonical Distributions |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (6) |
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6.3 Hypothesis Tests in a Microcanonical Setting |
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108 | (1) |
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6.4 Statistical Reduncancy |
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109 | (5) |
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6.5 A Modelling Exercise in the Light of Boltzmann's Law |
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114 | (4) |
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7 Curved Exponential Families |
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118 | (25) |
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7.1 Introductory Examples |
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118 | (6) |
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7.2 Basic Theory for ML Estimation and Hypothesis Testing |
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124 | (5) |
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7.3 Statistical Curvature |
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129 | (2) |
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7.4 More on Multiple Roots |
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131 | (5) |
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7.5 Conditional Inference in Curved Families |
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136 | (7) |
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8 Extension to Incomplete Data |
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143 | (21) |
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143 | (4) |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (5) |
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155 | (1) |
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8.5 Incomplete Data from Curved Families |
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155 | (1) |
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8.6 Blood Groups under Hardy--Weinberg Equilibrium |
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156 | (3) |
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159 | (2) |
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8.8 Gaussian Factor Analysis Models |
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161 | (3) |
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9 Generalized Linear Models |
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164 | (27) |
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9.1 Basic Examples and Basic Definition |
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164 | (5) |
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9.2 Models without Dispersion Parameter |
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169 | (6) |
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9.3 Models with Dispersion Parameter |
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175 | (6) |
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9.4 Exponential Dispersion Models |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (1) |
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9.6 GLMs versus Box--Cox Methodology |
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184 | (2) |
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9.7 More Application Areas |
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186 | (5) |
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10 Graphical Models for Conditional Independence Structures |
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191 | (19) |
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10.1 Graphs for Conditional Independence |
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192 | (3) |
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10.2 Graphical Gaussian Models |
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195 | (6) |
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10.3 Graphical Models for Contingency Tables |
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201 | (4) |
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10.4 Models for Mixed Discrete and Continuous Variates |
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205 | (5) |
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11 Exponential Family Models for Social Networks |
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210 | (18) |
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210 | (1) |
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11.2 The First Model Stage: Bernoulli Graphs |
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211 | (1) |
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11.3 Markov Random Graphs |
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212 | (6) |
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11.4 Illustrative Toy Example, n = 5 |
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218 | (7) |
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11.5 Beyond Markov Models: General ERGM Type |
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225 | (3) |
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12 Rasch Models for Item Response and Related Models |
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228 | (18) |
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229 | (2) |
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12.2 The Conditional Model |
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231 | (3) |
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12.3 Testing the Conditional Rasch Model Fit |
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234 | (5) |
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12.4 Rasch Model Conditional Analysis by Log-Linear Models |
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239 | (1) |
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12.5 Rasch Models for Polytomous Response |
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240 | (1) |
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12.6 Factor Analysis Models for Binary Data |
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241 | (2) |
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12.7 Models for Rank Data |
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243 | (3) |
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13 Models for Processes in Space or Time |
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246 | (12) |
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13.1 Models for Spatial Point Processes |
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246 | (8) |
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254 | (4) |
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14 More Modelling Exercises |
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258 | (7) |
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14.1 Genotypes under Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium |
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258 | (1) |
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14.2 Model for Controlled Multivariate Calibration |
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259 | (1) |
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14.3 Refindings of Ringed Birds |
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259 | (3) |
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14.4 Statistical Basis for Positron Emission Tomography |
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262 | (3) |
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Appendix A Statistical Concepts and Principles |
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265 | (3) |
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Appendix B Useful Mathematics |
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268 | (3) |
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B.1 Some Useful Matrix Results |
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268 | (1) |
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B.2 Some Useful Calculus Results |
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269 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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271 | (7) |
Index |
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