Monte Carlo simulation. (1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Z. Mooney.
• Other Names: Mooney, Christopher Z
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- The Monte Carlo principle -- 2. Generating individual samples from a pseudo-population -- Setting up a population generating computer algorithm -- Generating single random variables -- Generating combinations of random variables -- 3. Using the pseudo-population in Monte Carlo simulation -- An example of a complete pseudo-population algorithm -- Generating a vector of Monte Carlo estimates -- Generating multiple experiments -- Which statistic is to be saved from a trial? -- How many trials are needed? -- Evaluating Monte Carlo estimates of sampling distributions -- 4. Using Monte Carlo simulation in the social sciences -- Inference when weak statistical theory exists for an estimator -- Testing a null hypothesis under a variety of plausible conditions -- Assessing the quality of an inference method -- Assessing the robustness of parametric inference to assumption violations -- Comparing estimators' properties -- 5. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (112 pages)
• Subjects: 519.2/82; Monte Carlo method; Pseudo-population; Monte-Carlo, Méthode de; Monte Carlo method; Simulation, Méthode de; Monte-Carlo, Méthode de; Simulation, Méthodes de; Monte Carlo-methode; Simulatie
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506317908; 1506317901
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