Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics by Andre Python

Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics by Andre Python

The book provides a brief introduction to seven aspects of terrorism. It starts with acknowledging the ambiguity of the concept of terrorism.

"The book presents incredibly fascinating research, and can be interesting and useful not only to specialists but to general public for understanding and making informed judgments on terrorism and its debunking with help of statistical data analysis and prediction to prevent future attacks…Each chapter suggests mathematical definitions, glossary, and additional reading sourcesBesides those, the book supplies with bibliography of 153 most recent works and multiple links to the internet sites.."
~Technometrics

Andre Python is ZJU100 young professor of Statistics at Zhejiang University. His current research interests are in extending statistical models to address policy-relevant issues raised by the spread of phenomena threatening global security and health. In 2017, Andre completed a PhD in Statistics at the University of St Andrews, applying a Bayesian spatiotemporal model to capture fine-scale patterns of non-state terrorism across the world. As postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, he has developed geostatistical models and actively contributed to the design and teaching of Bayesian statistics and R software courses for PhD students and University staff.

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ISBN 13	9780367472283
ISBN 10	0367472287
Title	Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics
Author	Andre Python
Series	Asa-Crc Series On Statistical Reasoning In Science And Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2020-07-10
Number of pages	150
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