Regression Modeling with Actuarial and Financial Applications by Edward W Frees

Regression Modeling with Actuarial and Financial Applications by Edward W Frees

This text gives budding actuaries and financial analysts a foundation in multiple regression and time series. They will learn about these statistical techniques using data on the demand for insurance, lottery sales, foreign exchange rates, and other applications. Although no specific knowledge of risk management or finance is presumed, the approach introduces applications in which statistical techniques can be used to analyze real data of interest. In addition to the fundamentals, this book describes several advanced statistical topics that are particularly relevant to actuarial and financial practice, including the analysis of longitudinal, two-part (frequency/severity), and fat-tailed data. Datasets with detailed descriptions, sample statistical software scripts in 'R' and 'SAS', and tips on writing a statistical report, including sample projects, can be found on the book's Web site: http://research.bus.wisc.edu/RegActuaries.

'It would be an ideal text for a semester - or a year-long course in applied statistical methods for actuarial science majorsBut it would also be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of pracitcing actuaries at all levels, both actuarial students charged with conducting analyses for which the methods discussed in the book are most relevant, and senior managers who use such analysis as a basis for financial decision making … Perhaps my favorite part of Fee's book is the final two chapters, on Report Writing and Designing Effective Graphs. If these fine essays do not already appear somewhere on the Society of Actuaries syllabus, they should be added immediately.' Ronald C. Neath, The American Statistician

Edward W. (Jed) Frees is a Professor of Business at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is holder of the Assurant Health Insurance Professorship of Actuarial Science. He is a Fellow of both the Society of Actuaries (SoA) and the American Statistical Association (ASA). Professor Frees is the author of Longitudinal and Panel Data (2004) and has published more than fifty articles in leading refereed academic journals.

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ISBN 13	9780521760119
ISBN 10	0521760119
Title	Regression Modeling with Actuarial and Financial Applications
Author	Edward W Frees
Series	International Series On Actuarial Science
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Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2009-11-30
Number of pages	584
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