Empirical Model Building

A hands-on approach to the basic principles of empirical model building. Includes a series of real-world statistical problems illustrating modeling skills and techniques. Covers models of growth and decay, systems where competition and interaction add to the complexity of the model, and discusses both classical and nonclassical data analysis methods. This text provides a hands-on approach to the basic principles of empirical model building. It includes a series of real-world statistical problems illustrating modelling skills and techniques. Classical and non-classical data analysis methods are also discussed.