Applied Functional Data Analysis: Methods and Case Studies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ramsay, James O. (Editor), Silverman, Bernard W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Series: Springer Series in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.

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Table of Contents:

• Life Course Data in Criminology
• The Nondurable Goods Index
• Bone Shapes from a Paleopathology Study
• Modeling Reaction-Time Distributions
• Zooming in on Human Growth
• Time Warping Handwriting and Weather Records
• How Do Bone Shapes Indicate Arthritis?
• Functional Models for Test Items
• Predicting Lip Acceleration from Electromyography
• The Dynamics of Handwriting Printed Characters
• A Differential Equation for Juggling.