Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and Its Applications Pearson New International Edition
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Noted for its integration of real-world data and case studies, this text offers sound coverage of the theoretical aspects of mathematical statistics. The authors demonstrate how and when to use statistical methods, while reinforcing the calculus that students have mastered in previous courses. Throughout the Fifth Edition, the authors have added and updated examples and case studies, while also refining existing features that show a clear path from theory to practice.
1. Introduction
1.1 An Overview
1.2 Some Examples
1.3 A Brief History
1.4 A Chapter Summary
2. Probability
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Sample Spaces and the Algebra of Sets
2.3 The Probability Function
2.4 Conditional Probability
2.5 Independence
2.6 Combinatorics
2.7 Combinatorial Probability
2.8 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Monte Carlo Techniques)
3. Random Variables
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Binomial and Hypergeometric Probabilities
3.3 Discrete Random Variables
3.4 Continuous Random Variables
3.5 Expected Values
3.6 The Variance
3.7 Joint Densities
3.8 Transforming and Combining Random Variables
3.9 Further Properties of the Mean and Variance
3.10 Order Statistics
3.11 Conditional Densities
3.12 Moment-Generating Functions
3.13 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Interpreting Means)
Appendix 3.A.1 MINITAB Applications
4. Special Distributions
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Poisson Distribution
4.3 The Normal Distribution
4.4 The Geometric Distribution
4.5 The Negative Binomial Distribution
4.6 The Gamma Distribution
4.7 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Monte Carlo Simulations)
Appendix 4.A.1 MINITAB Applications
Appendix 4.A.2 A Proof of the Central Limit Theorem
5. Estimation
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Estimating Parameters: The Method of Maximum Likelihood and the Method of Moments
5.3 Interval Estimation
5.4 Properties of Estimators
5.5 Minimum-Variance Estimators: The Cramér-Rao Lower Bound
5.6 Sufficient Estimators
5.7 Consistency
5.8 Bayesian Estimation
5.9 Taking A Second Look at Statistics (Beyond Classical Estimation)
Appendix 5.A.1 MINITAB Applications
6. Hypothesis Testing
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Decision Rule
6.3 Testing Binomial Data–H0: p = po
6.4 Type I and Type II Errors
6.5 A Notion of Optimality: The Generalized Likelihood Ratio
6.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Statistical Significance versus “Practical” Significance)
7. Inferences Based on the Normal Distribution
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Comparing Y-µ s/ vn and Y-µ S/ vn
7.3 Deriving the Distribution of Y-µ S/ vn
7.4 Drawing Inferences About µ
7.5 Drawing Inferences About s2
7.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Type II Error)
Appendix 7.A.1 MINITAB Applications
Appendix 7.A.2 Some Distribution Results for Y and S2
Appendix 7.A.3 A Proof that the One-Sample t Test is a GLRT
Appendix 7.A.4 A Proof of Theorem 7.5.2
8. Types of Data: A Brief Overview
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Classifying Data
8.3 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Samples Are Not “Valid”!)
9. Two-Sample Inferences
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Testing H0: µX =µY
9.3 Testing H0: s2X=s2Y–The F Test
9.4 Binomial Data: Testing H0: pX = pY
9.5 Confidence Intervals for the Two-Sample Problem
9.6 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Choosing Samples)
Appendix 9.A.1 A Derivation of the Two-Sample t Test (A Proof of Theorem 9.2.2)
Appendix 9.A.2 MINITAB Applications
10. Goodness-of-Fit Tests
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Multinomial Distribution
10.3 Goodness-of-Fit Tests: A
- Standard statistical techniques are presented in a mathematical context, enabling students to see the underlying hypotheses for the applications.
- Superior treatment of real-world data uses case studies and practical, worked-out examples to motivate statistical reasoning and demonstrate the application of statistical methods to a wide variety of real-world situations.
- Numerous and interesting homework exercises engage the student and illuminate the main points of the text.
- The authors’ writing style presents concepts and applications in an engaging narrative.
- Sound coverage of the theoretical aspects of mathematical statistics carefully explains the mathematics and development of the statistical theory.
- Accessible mathematical prerequisites mediate between a techniques book and a graduate-level first course in mathematical statistics.
- Integrated review of calculus reinforces students’ prior knowledge by reviewing calculus as necessary throughout the presentation.
- “About the Data” notes now follow case studies in order to encourage students to think critically about a data set’s assumptions, interpretations, and implications.
- Substantial rewriting of the Data Models chapter (Chapter 8) makes its main points more accessible.
- Many examples and case studies have been updated, while some have been deleted, and others added.
- Extensively rewritten and revised content includes Section 3.8 “Transforming and Combining Random Variables,” and Section 3.9, “Further Properties of the Mean and Variance.” Section 3.9 now includes a discussion of covariances so that sums of random variables can be dealt with in more generality.
- Chapter 5, “Estimation,” now includes an introduction to bootstrapping.
- New material on the noncentral t distribution and its role in calculating Type II error probabilities is provided in Chapter 7, “Inferences Based on the Normal Distribution.”
- Chapter 9, “Two-Sample Inferences,” now includes a derivation of Welch’s approximation for testing the differences of two means in the case of unequal variances.