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Students of introductory courses consider statistics as particularly difficult,as the understanding of the underlying concepts may require more time andenergy than for other disciplines. For decades statisticians have tried to enhanceunderstanding with the help of technical solutions such as...
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E-learning plays an important role in education as it supports online education viacomputer networks and provides educational services by utilising information technologies. We present a case study describing the development of an Arabic language elearning course in statistics. Discussed are...
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This book is the third volume of the Handbook of Computational Statisticsand covers the field of Data Visualization. In line with the companion volumes,it contains a collection of chapters by experts in the field to present readerswith an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the state of the...
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In January 2005 the EU-wide CO2 emissions trading system (EU-ETS) has formally entered into operation.Within the new trading system, the right to emit a particular amount of CO2 becomes a tradable commodity - called EU Allowances (EUAs) - and affected companies, traders and investors will face...
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In this paper, we present a case study, which describe the development of the Statistic e-learning-course in Arabic language –”Arabic MM*STAT”. The basic frame for this E-book, the system MM*STAT was developed at the School for Business and Economics of Humboldt-Universit¨at zu Berlin....
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Without doubt modern education in statistics must involve practical, computer-based data analysis but the question arises whether and how computational elements should be integrated into the canon of methodological education. Should the student see and study high-level programming code right at...
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With the increase of e-learning by universities and educational institutes in the worldthrough more electronic platforms, come the questions to researchers, educators anddesigners of electronic platforms about feasibility and using this method of learning.Are we achieving the desired goals and...
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Lending is associated with credit risk. Modelling the loss stochastically,the cost of credit risk is the expected loss. In credit business the probabilitythat the debtor will default in payments within one year, often is the onlyreliable quantitative parameter. Modelling the time to default as...
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This paper introduces the fundamentals of extreme value theory as well as practical aspects for estimating and assessing statistical models for tail-related risk measures.
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In this paper we want to discuss macroscopic and microscopicproperties of financial markets. By analyzing quantitatively a database consisting of 13 minute per minute recorded financial time series, we identify some macroscopic statistical properties of the corresponding markets, with a special...
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