Advanced statistics from an elementary point of view
Intended for the course in mathematical statistics. This book includes: comprehensive coverage of descriptive statistics; detailed treatment of univariate and bivariate probability distributions; and coverage of probability theory with numerous event classifications.
XVII, 802 p. : il. ; 24 cm
9780120884940, 0120884941
639015303
1 Introduction2 Elementary Descriptive Statistical Techniques4 Random Variables and Probability Distributions5 Bivariate Probability Distributions6 Discrete Parametric Probability Distributions7 Continuous Parametric Probability Distributions8 Sampling and the Sampling Distribution of a Statistic 9 The Chi-Square, Student’s t, and Snedecor’s F Distributions 10 Point Estimation and Properties of Point Estimators11 Interval Estimation and Confidence Interval Estimates 12 Tests of Parametric Statistical Hypotheses 13 Nonparametric Statistical Techniques 14 Testing Goodness of Fit 15 Testing Goodness of Fit: Contingency Tables 16 Bivariate Linear Regression and Correlation Appendix A Successive Difference to the VarianceSolutions to Selected ExercisesReferences and Suggested ReadingIndex