Probability and Statistical Inference

By Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj and Robert Bartoszynski

Book Overview

Understanding the "why" of statistics and probabilitya a unique and useful emphasis on theory This outstanding textbook emphasizes theoretical comprehension rather than the narrow acquisition of concepts or skills. Probability and Statistical Inference focuses on the development of intuition and understanding through diversity of experience. This thought-provoking text reintroduces mathematics, abstractions, and theory into the study of statistics and probability, and demonstrates that greater abstraction leads to a wider applicability of the methods under discussion. Its unique approach to exercises integrates the knowledge gained here and promotes a more complete understanding of the material. Probability and Statistical Inference features: A wealth of examples illustrating concepts, theorems, and methodsa from numerical data and details of calculations, to ideas behind some of the methods, and more Accessible, user-friendly treatments that clearly explain concepts and motivations while pointing out pitfalls and difficulties of arguments A selection of advanced topics for students who would benefit from more thorough explanations An instructor's manual with solutions available from the publisher Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics, and as a professional reference, this unparalleled volume offers useful insights to anyone who uses statistical tools, whatever the discipline. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471310735
• ISBN13: 9780471310730
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.7" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Good Intro to probability theory and statistics

I found this book quite thorough and very well written. I liked it a lot because, although not advanced, it does not lack mathematical rigour. I thouroughly recommended for anybody who needs a sound basis for probability and statistics.