A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using S-PLUS

Preface -- Distributors for S-PLUS -- 1 An Introduction to S-PLUS -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Running S-PLUS -- 1.3 The S-PLUS GUI: An Introduction -- 1.4 The S-PLUS Command Language: An Introduction -- 1.4.1 Elementary Commands -- 1.4.2 Vectors and Matrices -- 1.4.3 Sub setting Matrices and Vectors -- 1.4.4 Other S-PLUS Objects -- 1.5 An Example of an S-PLUS Session -- Exercises -- 2 Describing Data and Assessing Distributions: Husbands and Wives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Some Basic Summaries -- 2.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 2.4 Exercises -- 3 Analysis of Variance: Poisoning Rats and Losing Weight -- 3.1 Description of Data -- 3.2 Analysis of Variance -- 3.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 3.3.1 Analysis of Variance of Survival Times of Rats -- 3.3 2 Analysis of Variance of Slimming Data -- Exercises -- 4 Multiple Regression: Technological Changes in Jet Fighters -- 4.1 Description of Data -- 4.2 Multiple Regression Model -- 4.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- Exercises -- 5 Logistic Regression: Psychiatric Caseness and Mortgage Default -- 5.1 Description of Data -- 5.2 Logistic Regression and Generalised Linear Models -- 5.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 5.3.1 GHQ Data -- 5.3.2 Mortgage Default Data -- Exercises -- 6 Analysing Longitudinal Data: Beating the Blues -- 6.1 Description of Data -- 6.2 Analysing Longitudinal Data -- 6.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 6.3.1 Summary Measure Analysis of the Depression Data -- 6.3.2 Random Effects Models for the Depression Data -- Exercises -- 7 Nonlinear Regression and Maximum Likelihood Estimation: Athletes and Geysers -- 7.1 Description of Data -- 7.2 Nonlinear Regression and Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 7.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 7.3.1 Modelling the Olympic 1500-m Times -- 7.3.2 Estimating the Parameters in a Mixture Fitted to the Geyser Eruption Data -- Exercises -- 8 Survival Analysis: Motion Sickness and Bird Survival -- 8.1 Description of Data -- 8.2 Describing Survival Times and Cox’s Regression -- 8.2.1 The Survival Function -- 8.2.2 The Hazard Function -- 8.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 8.3.1 Motion Sickness -- 8.3.2 Bird Deaths -- Exercises -- 9 Exploring Multivariate Data: Male Egyptian Skulls -- 9.1 Description of Data -- 9.2 Exploring Multivariate Data -- 9 3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- Exercises -- 10 Cluster Analysis: Low Temperatures and Voting in Congress -- 10.1 Description of Data -- 10.2 Cluster Analysis -- 10.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 10.3.1 Clustering Cities in the United States on the Basis of their Year-Round Lowest Temperature -- 10.3.2 Classifying New Jersey Congresspeople on the Basis of their Voting Behaviour -- Exercises -- 11 Bivariate Density Estimation and Discriminant Analysis: Blood Fat Concentration -- 11.1 Description of Data -- 11.2 Bivariate Density Estimation and Discriminant Function Analysis -- 11.3 Analysis Using S-PLUS -- 11.3.1 Bivariate Density Estimation -- 11.3.2 Discriminant Analysis -- Exercises -- Appendix A The S-PLUS Language -- A1 Vectors and Matrices -- A2 List Objects -- A3 Data Frames -- A4 Reading-in Data into S-PLUS -- A5 S-PLUS Functions -- A6 Graphics -- A7 User Functions -- Appendix B Answers to Selected Exercises -- References -- Index.