Probability and Statistics (2nd Edition)

✍ Scribed by Morris H. Degroot

• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 734
• Edition: 2 Sub
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The revision of this well-respected text presents a balance of the classical and Bayesian methods. The theoretical and practical sides of both probability and statistics are considered. New content areas include the Vorel- Kolmogorov Paradox, Confidence Bands for the Regression Line, the Correction for Continuity, and the Delta Method.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 1
Preface......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 6
1. Introduction to Probability......Page 11
2. Conditional Probability......Page 68
3. Rand om Variables and Distributions......Page 109
4. Expectation......Page 191
5. Special Distributions......Page 255
6. Estimation......Page 323
7. Sampling Distributions of Estimators......Page 393
8. Testing Hypotheses......Page 448
9. Categorical Data and Nonparametric Methods......Page 530
10. Linear Statistical Models......Page 603
References......Page 690
Tables......Page 692
Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises......Page 708
INDEX......Page 728