An introduction to probability and statistical inference

An Introduction to Probability and Statistical Inference, Second Edition, guides you through probability models and statistical methods and helps you to think critically about various concepts. Written by award-winning author George Roussas, this book introduces readers with no prior knowledge in pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Roussas, George G., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier [2015]
Edición:Second edition
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Some motivating examples and some fundamental concepts
  • The concept of probability and some basic results
  • Numerical characteristics of a random variable, some special random variables
  • Joint and conditional P.D.F.'s, conditional expectation and variance, moment generating function, covariance and correlation coefficient
  • Independence of random variables and some applications
  • Transformation of random variables
  • Some modes of convergence of random variables, applications
  • An overview of statistical inference
  • Point estimation
  • Confidence intervals and confidence regions
  • Testing hypotheses
  • More about testing hypotheses
  • A simple linear regression model
  • Two analysis of variance models
  • Some topics in nonparametric inference.