Statistical Inference Dover Ed Edition  (English, Paperback, Rohatgi Vijay K.)

Unified treatment of probability and statistics examines and analyzes the relationship between the two fields, exploring inferential issues. Numerous problems, examples, and diagrams--some with solutions--plus clear-cut, highlighted summaries of results. Advanced undergraduate to graduate level. Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Probability Model. 3. Probability Distributions. 4. Introduction to Statistical Inference. 5. More on Mathematical Expectation. 6. Some Discrete Models. 7. Some Continuous Models. 8. Functions of Random Variables and Random Vectors. 9. Large-Sample Theory. 10. General Methods of Point and Interval Estimation. 11. Testing Hypotheses. 12. Analysis of Categorical Data. 13. Analysis of Variance: k-Sample Problems. Appendix-Tables. Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems. Index. Unabridged republication of the edition published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1984. 144 Figures. 35 Tables. Errata list prepared by the author