Essentials of statistical inference

Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics and related disciplines, this book presents the concepts and results underlying the Bayesian, frequentist and Fisherian approaches, with particular emphasis on the contrasts between them. Computational ideas are explained, as well...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Young, G. A., Smith, Richard L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005
Series:Cambridge series on statistical and probabilistic mathematics
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Decision theory
  • Beyesian methods
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Special models
  • Sufficiency and completeness
  • Two-sided tests and conditional inference
  • Likelihood theory
  • Higher-order theory
  • Predictive inference
  • Bootstrap methods