Andy Field has written an up-to-date student-oriented textbook with the aim of making the learning of advanced statistics and using SPSS as painless as possible. <P>While other books either concentrate on statistical theory or on the functions of the popular computer program SPSS, Andy Field...</p>

"This book provides an introduction to the field of microeconometrics through the use of R. The focus is on applying current learning from the field to real world problems. It uses R to both teach the concepts of the field and show the reader how the techniques can be used. It is aimed at the...

"The book has evolved and adapted from an earlier book by the same author and provides a detailed introduction to analytical methods commonly used by fishery scientists, ecologists, and advanced students using the open source software R as a programming tool."

Introduction to R programming -- Statistics in finance -- Statistical analysis with R -- Time series analysis with R -- Basic theory of finance -- Modern portfolio theory and CAPM -- Interest rate swap and discount factor -- Discrete time model: tree model -- Continuous time model and the...