Topics in Theoretical and Applied Statistics [Hardcover]

This bookhighlights the latest research findings from the 46th International Meeting ofthe Italian Statistical Society (SIS) in Rome, during which both methodologicaland applied statistical research was discussed. This selection of fullypeer-reviewed papers, originally presented at the meeting, addresses a broadrange of topics, including the theory of statistical inference; data mining andmultivariate statistical analysis; survey methodologies; analysis of social,demographic and health data; and economic statistics and econometrics.

Part I Statistical Theory and Methods: Empirical Orthogonal Function and Functional Data Analysis Procedures to Impute Long Gaps in Environmental Data by Francesca Di Salvo, Antonella Plaia, Mariantonietta Ruggieri and Gianna Agr?.- Unconditional and Conditional Quantile Treatment Effects: Identification Strategies and Interpretations by Margherita Fort.- Some New Results on the Beta Skew-Normal Distribution by Valentina Mameli and Monica Musio.- The Median of a Set of Histogram Data by Lidia Rivoli, Rosanna Verde and Antonio Irpino.- Rates for Bayesian Estimation of Location-Scale Mixtures of Super-Smooth Densities by Catia Scricciolo.-  Part II Data Mining and Multivariate Data Analysis: Unsupervised Classification of Multivariate Time Series Data for the Identification of Sea Regimes by Mauro Bencivenga, Francesco Lagona, Antonello Maruotti, Gabriele Nardone and lC=