Introduction to probability theory and statistical inference /
Harold J. Larson
- Second Edition
- New York : Wiley, c1974
- xi, 430 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Set theory -- 2. Probability -- 3. Random variables and distribution functions -- 4. Some standard distributions -- 5. Jointly distributed random variables -- 6. Sampling and statistics -- 7. Statistical inference: estimation -- 8. Statistical inference: tests of hypothesis -- 9. Bayesian methods -- 10. Least squares and regression theory.
This second edition is, a considerable improvement over the first. The spirit of the first edition has been maintained, to give the student a more rigorous, but no more difficult, introduction to the commonly applied techniques of probability theory and statistical inference.