Statistical Concordance

As a supplement to the index, we provide a list of statistical concepts and procedures and the chapters in which they are covered.

Method Chapter
Analysis of variance 8  High-Throughput Count Data & Generalized Linear Models
Bayesian statistics 2  Statistical Modeling
Bootstrap 4  Mixture Models, 5  Clustering
Chi-square test 2  Statistical Modeling
Clustering 4  Mixture Models, 5  Clustering
Correspondence Analysis 9  Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data
Data Transformations 4  Mixture Models, 8  High-Throughput Count Data & Generalized Linear Models
Diffusion Map models 9  Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data
Distances 4  Mixture Models, 9  Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) 3  Data visualization
Fisher’s Exact test 10  Networks and Trees
False Discovery Rate (FDR) 6  Testing
Goodness of fit 2  Statistical Modeling
Generalized Linear Models 8  High-Throughput Count Data & Generalized Linear Models
Hypergeometric Test 10  Networks and Trees
Hypothesis Testing 1  Generative Models for Discrete Data, 6  Testing
Markov Chains 2  Statistical Modeling, 10  Networks and Trees
Maximum Likelihood 2  Statistical Modeling
Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) 9  Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data
Multiple hypothesis testing 6  Testing
Multivariate Regression 8  High-Throughput Count Data & Generalized Linear Models, 9  Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data, 12  Supervised Learning
Ordination and gradient detection 9  Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data
P-value 1  Generative Models for Discrete Data
Permutation tests 10  Networks and Trees
Phylogenetics 10  Networks and Trees
Power calculations 13  Design of High Throughput Experiments and their Analyses
Principal Components (PCA) 7  Multivariate Analysis
Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) 9  Multivariate methods for heterogeneous data
Regression 7  Multivariate Analysis,
Robust methods 12  Supervised Learning
Spatial statistics 11  Image data

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