TY - BOOK AU - Roussas,George G. TI - An introduction to probability and statistical inference SN - 9780128001141 AV - QA273 .R848 2015 U1 - 519.2 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Amsterdam, Boston PB - Elsevier, Academic Press KW - Probabilities KW - Textbooks KW - Mathematical statistics N1 - Some motivating examples and some fundamental concepts -- The concept of probability and some basic results -- Numerical characteristics of a random variable, some special random variables -- Joint and conditional P.D.F.'s, conditional expectation and variance, moment generating function, covariance and correlation coefficient -- Independence of random variables and some applications -- Transformation of random variables -- Some modes of convergence of random variables, applications -- An overview of statistical inference -- Point estimation -- Confidence intervals and confidence regions -- Testing hypotheses -- More about testing hypotheses -- A simple linear regression model -- Two analysis of variance models -- Some topics in nonparametric inference UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128001141 ER -