TY - BOOK ID - 85484795 TI - The skew-normal and related families AU - Azzalini, Adelchi AU - Capitanio, Antonella PY - 2014 SN - 1107722934 1139248898 1107720648 1107029279 1108461131 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Distribution (Probability theory) KW - Distribution functions KW - Frequency distribution KW - Characteristic functions KW - Probabilities KW - Mathematical Sciences KW - Probability UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85484795 AB - Interest in the skew-normal and related families of distributions has grown enormously over recent years, as theory has advanced, challenges of data have grown, and computational tools have made substantial progress. This comprehensive treatment, blending theory and practice, will be the standard resource for statisticians and applied researchers. Assuming only basic knowledge of (non-measure-theoretic) probability and statistical inference, the book is accessible to the wide range of researchers who use statistical modelling techniques. Guiding readers through the main concepts and results, it covers both the probability and the statistics sides of the subject, in the univariate and multivariate settings. The theoretical development is complemented by numerous illustrations and applications to a range of fields including quantitative finance, medical statistics, environmental risk studies, and industrial and business efficiency. The author's freely available R package sn, available from CRAN, equips readers to put the methods into action with their own data. ER -