Description: Balancing the "cookbook" approach of some texts with the mathematical approach of others, this book introduces and develops some of the commonly used techniques of nonparametric statistics that are particularly important in biostatistics and the social sciences.
Review Quotes: "[This book] has several strengths One is its level of presentation. Neither overly simplistic in explanation nor overly burdened with distracting proofs, the book accomplishes the rare feat of coherently representing some complex issues in nonparametric analysis. An additional strength is the ease with which the book can be used as a text-book for a graduate level nonparametric statistics class." - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Issue 167 (4) "[This] book will be useful for students in biostatistics, pharmaceutical statistics, business, psychology, and the social sciences. The examples discussed in each chapter help in understanding the concepts . The book is well written ." - Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2005d The coverage is quite complete and includes some methods not often see in other books. Desu and Raghavarao have compiled a solid set of basic methods for binomial/categorical response data and distribution-free methods. -Technometrics, Nov 2004