ABSTRACT

This classic textbook is suitable for a first course in the theory of statistics for students with a background in calculus, multivariate calculus, and the elements of matrix algebra.

chapter 1|18 pages

Preliminaries

chapter 2|24 pages

Probability

chapter 3|46 pages

Random Variables

chapter 4|46 pages

Expectations

chapter 5|8 pages

Limit Theorems

chapter 6|52 pages

Some Parametric Families

chapter 7|58 pages

Sampling and Reduction of Data

chapter 8|38 pages

Estimation

chapter 9|66 pages

Testing Hypotheses

chapter 10|38 pages

Analysis of Categorical Data

chapter 11|14 pages

Sequential Analysis

chapter 12|36 pages

Multivariate Distributions

chapter 13|44 pages

Nonparametric Inference

chapter 14|50 pages

Linear Models

chapter 15|36 pages

Decision Theory

chapter |26 pages

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