Essentials of Statistical Inference

by G.A. Young, R.L. Smith, R. L. Smith

Book Overview

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 as basic mathematical theory. Written in a lucid and informal style, this concise text provides both basic material on the main approaches to inference,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521548667
• ISBN13: 9780521548663
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"