Statistical Inference - Softcover

Jolliffe, Ian T.; Jones, Byron; Garthwaite, Paul H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0138472602 ISBN 13: 9780138472603

Publisher: Ellis Horwood, 1995

Synopsis

Incorporating the latest information on developments in the field of statistical inference, this book looks at various approaches to point estimation, hypotheses testing, interval estimation and model building. Intended to be a handbook, it concentrates on ideas (rather than comprehensive theorem-proving), and contains many exercises. Although it is written at a fairly advanced level, the book employs only the necessary mathematics for a full understanding of the text.

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Review:

... clearly structured and reasonably compact ... should be useful for reference purposes. There is a carefully chosen bibliography and, whilst the subject matter is quite advanced, it is coherently argued throughout and can be thoroughly recommended. (The Mathematical Gazette)

This book is easy to read and is designed to be an advanced level textbook for senior undergraduate students ... a useful, comprehensive reference for practising statisticians. (Zentralblatt MATH)

Synopsis:

Incorporating the latest information on developments in the field of statistical inference, this book looks at various approaches to point estimation, hypotheses testing, interval estimation and model building. Intended to be a handbook, it concentrates on ideas (rather than comprehensive theorem-proving), and contains many exercises. Although it is written at a fairly advanced level, the book employs only the necessary mathematics for a full understanding of the text. Topics covered include a discussion on the properties of estimators and methods of estimation, hypotheses testing and interval estimation. Both the classical and decision theory/Bayesian approaches are covered. Other topics which are described more briefly include, amongst others, robust and non-parametric procedures, computationally intensive methods and generalized linear models.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ellis Horwood
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0138472602
• ISBN 13: 9780138472603
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304