Books by Edward W. (University of Wisconsin Frees

This book gives actuarial and finance students a foundation in multiple regression and time series, and discusses advanced statistical topics that are relevant to actuarial and financial practice. It uses statistical techniques to analyze real data in risk management and finance. No specific knowledge of these areas is presumed.

Introduces the subject's foundations at a level suitable for quantitatively oriented graduate social-science students and individual researchers. It emphasizes mathematical and statistical fundamentals and describes substantive applications from across the social sciences, demonstrating the wide scope of the models. Includes real-world data sets and software programs in SAS and Stata.