Rajan Chattamvelli, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Amrita University, Amaravati. He has published more than 20 research articles in international journals of repute and at various conferences. His research interests are in computational statistics, design of algorithms, parallel computing, cryptography, data mining, machine learning, combinatorics, and big data analytics. His prior assignments include Denver Public Health, Colorado; Metromail Corporation, Lincoln, Nebraska; Frederick University, Cyprus; Indian Institute of Management; Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur; Presidency University, Bangalore, and VIT University, Vellore.

Ramalingam Shanmugam, Ph.D., is an Honorary Professor in the School of Health Administration at Texas State University, San Marcos. He is the Editor-in-Chief of four journals including Advances in Life Sciences; Global Journal of Research and Review; Journal of Obesity and Metabolism; and the International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. He has published more than 200 researcharticles and 120 conference papers. Dr. Shanmugam's research interests include theoretical and computational statistics, number theory, operations research, biostatistics, decision making, and epidemiology.

Provides exercises throughout that are illustrated via the R programming language

Aids readers to build, analyze, and interpret various descriptive statistical models

Presents numerous examples from various engineering fields

Descriptive Statistics.- Measures of Location.- Measures of Spread.- Measures of Skewness and Kurtosis.