665 Pages
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CRC Press
690 Pages
by
CRC Press
665 Pages
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CRC Press
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This gracefully organized textbook reveals the rigorous theory of probability and statistical inference in the style of a tutorial, using worked examples, exercises, numerous figures and tables, and computer simulations to develop and illustrate concepts.
Beginning with an introduction to the basic ideas and techniques in probability theory and progressing to more rigorous topics, Probability and Statistical Inference
Employing over 1400 equations to reinforce its subject matter, Probability and Statistical Inference is a groundbreaking text for first-year graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in probability and statistical inference who have completed a calculus prerequisite, as well as a supplemental text for classes in Advanced Statistical Inference or Decision Theory.
Notions of probability; expectations of functions of random variables; multivariate random variables; transformations and sampling distributions; notions of stochastic convergence; sufficiency, completeness and ancillarity; point estimation; tests of hypotheses; confidence interval estimation; Bayesian methods; likelihood ratio and other tests; large-sample inference; sample size determination - two-stage procedures. Appendices: abbreviations and notation; celebration of statistics - selected biographical notes; selected statistical tables.
Biography
Nitis Mukhopadhyay