Probability and Statistical Inference, Third Edition

by Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj, Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj

Updated classic statistics text, with new problems and examples Probability and Statistical Inference , Third Edition helps students grasp essential concepts of statistics and its probabilistic foundations. This book focuses on the development of intuition and understanding in the subject through a wealth of examples illustrating concepts, theorems, and methods. The reader will recognize and fully understand the why and not just the how behind the introduced material. In this Third Edition, the reader will find a new chapter on Bayesian statistics, 70 new problems and an appendix with the supporting R code. This book is suitable for upper-level undergraduates or first-year graduate students studying statistics or related disciplines, such as mathematics or engineering. This Third Edition : Probability and Statistical Inference  offers a unique approach to problems that allows the reader to fully integrate the knowledge gained from the text, thus, enhancing a more complete and honest understanding of the topic.

592 pages, Hardcover

First published August 17, 1996