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    <title>introduction to mathematical statistics and its applications</title>
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    <namePart>Larsen, Richard J.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Marx, Morris L.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Prentice Hall</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2001</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2001</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <tableOfContents>CONTENTS : Introduction. A Brief History. Some Examples.  A Chapter Summary.2. Probability. Sample Spaces and the  Algebra of Sets. The Probability Function. Discrete  Probability Functions. Continuous Probability Functions.  Conditional Probability. Independence. Repeated  Independent Trials. Combinatorics. Combinatorial  Probability.3. Random Variables. The Probability Density  Function. The Hypergeometric and Binomial Distributions.  The Cumulative Distribution Function. Joint Densities.  Independent Random Variables. Combining and Transforming  Random Variables. Order Statistics. Conditional  Densities. Expected Values. Properties of Expected  Values. The Variance. Properties of Variances.  Chebyshev's Inequality. Higher Moments. Moment-Generating  Functions. Appendix 3.A.1: MINITAB Applications.4.  Special Distributions. The Poisson Distribution. The  Normal Distribution. The Geometric Distribution. The  Negative Binomial Distribution. The Gamma Distribution.  Appendix 4.A.1: MINITAB Applications. Appendix 4.A.2: A  Proof of the Central Limit Theorem.5. Estimation.  Estimating Parameters: The Method of Maximum Likelihood  and the Method of Moments. Interval Estimation.  Properties of Estimators. Minimum-Variance Estimators:  The Cramer-Rao Lower Bound. Sufficiency. Consistency.  Appendix 5.A.1: MINITAB Applications.6. Hypothesis  Testing. The Decision Rule. Testing Binomial Data-H0: p =  p 0. Type I and Type II Errors. A Notion of Optimality:  The Generalized Likelihood Ratio.7. The Normal  Distribution. Point Estimates for ...m and ...s2. The  ...c2 Distribution; Inferences about ...s2. The F and t  Distributions. Drawing Inferences about ...m. Appendix  7.A.1: MINITAB Applications. Appendix 7.A.2: Some  Distribution Results for Y and S 2. Appendix 7.A.3: A  Proof of Theorem 7.3.5. A Proof That the One-Sample t  Test Is a GLRT.8. Types of Data: A Brief Overview.  Classifying Data.9. Two-Sample Problems. Testing H 0:  ...mx = ...mY-The Two-Sample t Test. Testing H0: ...s2x =  ...s2Y-The F Test. Binomial Data: Testing H 0: px = py.  Confidence Intervals for the Two-Sample Problem. Appendix  9.A.1: A Derivation of the Two-Sample t Test (A Proof of  Theorem 9.2.2.). Appendix 9.A.2: Power Calculations for a  Two-Sample t Test. Appendix 9.A.3: MINITAB  Applications.10. Goodness-of-Fit Tests. The Multinomial  Distribution. Goodness-of-Fit Tests: All Parameters  Known. Goodness-of-Fit Tests: Parameters Unknown.  Contingency Tables. Appendix 10.A.1: MINITAB  Applications.11. Regression. The Method of Least Squares.  The Linear Model. Covariance and Correlation. The  Bivariate Normal Distribution. Appendix 11.A.1: MINITAB  Applications. Appendix 11.A.2: A Proof of Theorem  11.3.3.12. The Analysis of Variance. The F Test. Multiple  Comparisons: Tukey's Method. Testing Subhypotheses with  Orthogonal Contrasts. Data Transformations. Appendix  12.A.1: MINITAB Applications. Appendix 12.A.2: A Proof of  Theorem 12.2.2. Appendix 12.A.3: The Distribution of &lt;$E{  down 12 SSTR/ up 12 (k-1)} over { down 12 SSE/ up 12 (n- k)}&gt; When H1 Is True.13. Randomized Block Designs. The F  Test for a Randomized Block Design. The Paired t Test.  Appendix 13.A.1: MINITAB Applications.14. Nonparametric  Statistics. The Sign Test. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.  The Kruskal-Wallis Test. The Friedman Test. Appendix  14.A.1: MINITAB Applications.Appendix: Statistical  Tables. Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Questions.  Bibliography. Index.   </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Richard J. Larsen, Morris L. Marx.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 776-783) and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Mathematical statistics</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="21">519.5</classification>
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