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
- Introduces an all-new chapter on Bayesian statistics and offers
thorough explanations of advanced statistics and probability topics
- Includes 650 problems and over 400 examples - an excellent resource
for the mathematical statistics class sequence in the increasingly
popular "flipped classroom" format
- Offers students in statistics, mathematics, engineering and related
fields a user-friendly resource
- Provides practicing professionals valuable insight into statistical
tools
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.
