Statistics in Spectroscopy: Edition 2

Howard Mark · Jerry Workman Jr.

nov 2003 · Elsevier

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Statistics in Spectroscopy, Second Edition, is an expanded and updated version of the original title. The aim of the book is to bridge the gap between the average chemist/spectroscopist and the study of statistics. The book introduces the novice reader to the ideas and concepts of statistics and uses spectroscopic examples to show how these concepts are applied. Several key statistical concepts are introduced through the use of computer programs.

Serves as a primer for all chemists who

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Howard Mark is President of Mark Electronics, Suffern, New York. He was previously affiliated as a Senior Scientist at Technicon Instrument Corp. in Tarrytown, New York. He holds a B.S. degree from City College of New York, an M.A. from City University of New York, and a PhD from New York University. His professional interests include instrument development, especially for spectroscopy; statistical and chemometric data analysis; and Custom software development, especially for implementation of data analysis algorithms. He received the 2003 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Achievement in Near Infrared Spectroscopy. He holds 6 U.S patents and has published 2 books and numerous book chapters. He has acted as Associate editor for the Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy, Wiley (2001). He has served as Past president of Council for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (CNIRS), Treasurer of the New York section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and as Past Chair of the New York section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. In addition he acts as Contributing editor and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Spectroscopy. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers dealing with design and development of scientific instrumentation, new concepts in computerized instrumentation and data analysis.

Jerry Workman, Jr. is Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Research& Engineering at Argose Inc., Waltham, MA. In his career, Workman hasfocused on molecular and electronic spectroscopy and chemometrics. He haspublished over 200 scientific papers, 7 text volumes, and over 20 patents,patents pending, and trade secrets. He received the B. A. degree in naturalsciences and M. A. degree in biological sciences and genetics from SaintMary's University of Minnesota, and the Ph.D. degree in biological chemistryfrom Columbia Pacific University. He has completed technical managementcertificates from Columbia University and MIT. He is a Fellow of theAmerican Institute of Chemists, the American Society for Testing andMaterials International, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2002 he wasthe recipient of the ASTM International Award of Merit; IBC InternationalScientist of the Year; and the Eastern Analytical Symposium Award forOutstanding Achievements in the Field of Near Infrared Spectroscopy.