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Kernel Smoothing (Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs on Statistics & Applied Probability)

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If your work requires the use of kernel density methods, there are three books you must have: (1) Density Estimation by Silverman, (2) Multivariate Density Estimation by David Scott, and (3) Kernel smoothing by Wand & Jones. Of the three, Wand & Jones' book is the best written one. Concepts are explained clearly and the book chapters are organized well. Strongly recommended alongwith the other two.

(From the view point of an economist only) Don't know a thing about kernel smoothing? No problem! This book brilliantly explains the idea of kernel smoothing using English! (You remember how advanced econometrics quickly become an alien language.), with minimum requirement on econometrics.It is a must buy if you are working on this subject.

This book is an excellent introduction to Kernel Smoothing. Its easy to follow and I strongly recommend it.

This is by far the best written and most accessible statistics book I have ever read. A basic statistics background is adequate for following the material, and the (I know I come back to this) writing just makes sense! There's an appendix on computational aspects of kernel smoothing, which I found very useful.