Applied Statistics (2nd edition) CD
1 CD Contents
The contents of the CD are as follows:
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Datasets in the form of Excel files for statistical experiments.
Tools for specific statistical procedures.
Both datasets and tools are described in detail in the book.
2 System Requirements
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PC with CD player, running Windows 98 SE, Windows NT 3 SP4 or later
with Microsoft Excel 2003.
A minimum of 17 Mbytes should be available in the Hard Disk in order to
install all datasets (14.1 Mbytes) and tools (2.4 Mbytes).
A minimum of 128 Mbytes RAM and 550 MHz processor rate are
recommended for acceptable performance.
Matlab
3 Installation
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Datasets and Tools.xls are simply copied from the CD to the destination
directory.
Matlab functions are usually copied from the CD to the Matlab "work"
directory. Other alternative directories are also possible (see Matlab manual).
R functions are text files that should be pasted into the R console.
The SCSize tool is provided with a setup.exe file for installation by either
running the setup.exe file from the Run option of the Start menu or by using
the Add/Remove Programs option of the Control Panel option in Settings.
Next, simply follow the instructions. Before installation it is advisable to first
close all open programs.
4 Using SCSize
SC Size (Statistical Classifier Design)
Displays a graphic of the following variables, for a two-class linear classifier with
specified Battacharrya distance and for several values of the dimensionality ratio
(number of patterns per class/dimension):
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Bayes error;
Expected design set error (resubstitution method);
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Expected test set error (holdout method).
The standard deviations of the error estimates are also displayed when the mouse is
clicked over a selected point of the picture box.
The user must specify:
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Dimension d ( 10).
Square of the Battacharrya distance, computable by several statistical software
products, and usually called square Mahalanobis distance (of the class means).