BuildingBetterModelswithJMPPro
JimGraysonSamGardnerMiaL.Stephens
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Toallthepeoplewhohavepatientlyencouragedandsupportedmethrough thisproject,especiallymywifeandchildren.
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ToMichael,Muffin,andBubbathanksforyourpatienceandsupport!
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Tomyparents,JohnandBeverly,andmywife,Cindymygreatencouragers.
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Acknowledgments
Wewishtoexpressourgratitudetothereviewerswhoprovidedmanyhelpful suggestions.Thisbookismuchbetterbecauseofyourcontributions.
Thanksto:
MicheleBoulanger
MichaelCrotty
GoutamChakraborty
WilliamDuckworth
SuneelGrover
DuaneHayes
MattLiberatore
RobertNydick
DanObermiller
SueWalsh
AboutThisBook
Purpose
Thisbookisdesignedforthestudentwantingtopreparefortheirprofessional careerwhorecognizestheneedforunderstandingofboththemechanicsand theconceptsofpredominantanalyticmodelingtoolsandalsohowtoapply methodsinsolvingreal-worldbusinessproblems.Thisbookisalsodesigned tomeettheneedsofthepractitionerwhowantstoobtainahands-on understandingofbusinessanalyticstomakebetterdecisionsfromdataand modelsandtoapplytheseconceptsandtoolstobusinessanalyticsprojects.
IsThisBookforYou?
Thisbookisforyouifyouwanttoexploretheuseofanalyticsformaking betterbusinessdecisions,andhaveeitherbeenintimidatedbybooksthat focusonthetechnicaldetailsordiscouragedbybooksthatprimarilyfocuson thehighlevelimportanceofusingdatawithoutgettingtothehowtoofthe methodsandanalysis.
Prerequisites
Whilenotrequired,itwouldbeveryhelpfulifthereaderhastakenabasic courseinstatistics.Experiencewiththebooksoftware,JMPPro,isnot required.
ScopeofThisBook
Thisbookisnotanintroductorystatisticsbook.Whileweprovidean introductiontobasicdataanalysis,datavisualizationandanalyzing multivariatedata,forthemostpart,thestatisticaldetailsandbackground informationarenotprovided.Thisbookisalsonotahighlytechnicalbook thatdivesdeeplyintothetheoryoralgorithms,butitwillprovideinsightinto theblackboxofthemethodscovered.
Thisbookwillcoveranalytictopicsincluding:
Regression
Logisticregression
Classificationandregressiontrees
Neuralnetworks
Modelcross-validation
Itwillalsoprovideanintroductiontosomeadvancedmodelingtechniques (boosting,bagging,andregularization)inanexampledrivenstructure.
AbouttheExamples
SoftwareUsedtoDeveloptheBooksContent
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ExerciseSolutions
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