Topics in Theoretical and Applied Statistics (eBook)

Giorgio Alleva is Professor at the Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance (MEMOTEF) at the Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome. He is the President of ISTAT since 2014. Andrea Giommi is Professor at the Department of Statististics, Computer Science, Applications  ‘Giuseppe Parenti‘  DiSIA.

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 Agrò.- 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 Marco Picone.- An Evaluation of the Student Satisfaction Based on CUB Models by Barbara Cafarelli and Corrado Crocetta.- Dimensions of Well-being and their Statistical Measurements by Carla Ferrara, Francesca Martella and Maurizio Vichi.- Extracting Meta-Information by Using Network Analysis Tools by Agnieszka Stawinoga, Maria Spano and Nicole Triunfo.- Factor PD-Co-Clustering on Textual Data by Cristina Tortora, Marina Marino and Germana Scepi.- Part III Sampling and Estimation Methods: M-Quantile Small Area Estimation for Panel Data by Annamaria Bianchi.- A Two-Part Geoadditive Small Area Model for Geographical Domain Estimation by Chiara Bocci, Alessandra Petrucci and Emilia Rocco.- A Unified Approach for Defining Optimal Multivariate and Multi-Domains Sampling Designs by Piero Demetrio Falorsi and Paolo Righi.- Estimation of Poverty Rate and Quintile Share Ratio for Domains and Small Areas by Risto Lehtonen and Ari Veijanen.- A Sample Survey on Inactive Students - Weighting Issues in Modelling the Inactivity Status by Lucio Masserini and Monica Pratesi.- Part IV Social Statistics, Demography and Health Data: The Material Deprivation of  Foreigners: Measurement and Determinants by Annalisa Busetta, Anna Maria Milito and Antonino Mario Oliveri.- How Do Life Course Events Affect Paid and Unpaid Work of Italian Couples? by Maria Gabriella Campolo, Antonino Di Pino and Ester Lucia Rizzi.- Do Rational Choices Guide Family Formation and Dissolution in Italy? by Gustavo De Santis and Silvana Salvini.- STAR Modeling of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Delay-Time in Diagnosis by Bruno de Sousa, Dulce Gomes, Patrıcia A. Filipe, Cristiana Areias, Teodoro Briz, Carlos Pires, and Carla Nunes.- Non-Aggregative Assessment of Subjective Well-being by Marco Fattore, Filomena Maggino and Alberto Arcagni.- Composite Indicator of Social Inclusion for the EU Countries by Francesca Giambona and Erasmo Vassallo.- A Well-being Index Based on the Weighted Product Method by Matteo Mazziotta and Adriano Pareto.- Part V Economic Statistics and Econometrics: A Comparison of Different Procedures for Combining High-Dimensional Multivariate Volatility Forecasts by Alessandra Amendola and Giuseppe Storti.- Which Seasonality in Italian Daily Electricity Prices? A Study with State Space Models by Paolo Chirico.- From the Standard of Living as a Latent Variable to the Estimation of Equivalence Scales and Other Indices by Gustavo De Santis and Mauro Maltagliati.- Learning-by-Exporting and Productivity: Evidences from a Panel of Manufacturing Firms by Maria Rosaria Ferrante, Marzia Freo and Alessandro Viviani.- A Multivariate VEC-BEKK Model for Portfolio Selection by Andrea Pierini and Alessia Naccarato.