Statistical Inference
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This classic textbook builds theoretical statistics from the first principles of probability theory. Starting from the basics of probability, the authors develop the theory of statistical inference using techniques, definitions, and concepts that are statistical and natural extensions, and consequences, of previous concepts. It covers all topics from a standard inference course including: distributions, random variables, data reduction, point estimation, hypothesis testing, and interval estimation.
Features The classic graduate-level textbook on statistical inference Develops elements of statistical theory from first principles of probability Written in a lucid style accessible to anyone with some background in calculus Covers all key topics of a standard course in inference Hundreds of examples throughout to aid understanding Each chapter includes an extensive set of graduated exercises Statistical Inference, Second Edition is primarily aimed at graduate students of statistics, but can be used by advanced undergraduate students majoring in statistics who have a solid mathematics background.
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- Taylor & Francis
- 9781040024027
- 9781032593036
- ePub
- 2
- George Casella; Roger Berger
- English
- 2024-05-23
- 100
- 2
- 2
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- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Authors
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Examples
- 1 Probability Theory
- 1.1 Set Theory
- 1.2 Probability Theory
- 1.2.1 Axiomatic Foundations
- 1.2.2 The Calculus of Probabilities
- 1.2.3 Counting
- 1.2.4 Enumerating Outcomes
- 1.3 Conditional Probability and Independence
- 1.4 Random Variables
- 1.5 Distribution Functions
- 1.6 Density and Mass Functions
- 1.7 Exercises
- 1.8 Miscellanea
- 2 Transformations and Expectations
- 2.1 Distributions of Functions of a Random Variable
- 2.2 Expected Values
- 2.3 Moments and Moment Generating Functions
- 2.4 Differentiating under an Integral Sign
- 2.5 Exercises
- 2.6 Miscellanea
- 3 Common Families of Distributions
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Discrete Distributions
- 3.3 Continuous Distributions
- 3.4 Exponential Families
- 3.5 Location and Scale Families
- 3.6 Inequalities and Identities
- 3.6.1 Probability Inequalities
- 3.6.2 Identities
- 3.7 Exercises
- 3.8 Miscellanea
- 4 Multiple Random Variables
- 4.1 Joint and Marginal Distributions
- 4.2 Conditional Distributions and Independence
- 4.3 Bivariate Transformations
- 4.4 Hierarchical Models and Mixture Distributions
- 4.5 Covariance and Correlation
- 4.6 Multivariate Distributions
- 4.7 Inequalities
- 4.7.1 Numerical Inequalities
- 4.7.2 Functional Inequalities
- 4.8 Exercises
- 4.9 Miscellanea
- 5 Properties of a Random Sample
- 5.1 Basic Concepts of Random Samples
- 5.2 Sums of Random Variables from a Random Sample
- 5.3 Sampling from the Normal Distribution
- 5.3.1 Properties of the Sample Mean and Variance
- 5.3.2 The Derived Distributions: Student's t and Snedecor's F
- 5.4 Order Statistics
- 5.5 Convergence Concepts
- 5.5.1 Convergence in Probability
- 5.5.2 Almost Sure Convergence
- 5.5.3 Convergence in Distribution
- 5.5.4 The Delta Method
- 5.6 Generating a Random Sample
- 5.6.1 Direct Methods
- 5.6.2 Indirect Methods
- 5.6.3 The Accept/Reject Algorithm
- 5.7 Exercises
- 5.8 Miscellanea
- 6 Principles of Data Reduction
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 The Sufficiency Principle
- 6.2.1 Sufficient Statistics
- 6.2.2 Minimal Sufficient Statistics
- 6.2.3 Ancillary Statistics
- 6.2.4 Sufficient, Ancillary, and Complete Statistics
- 6.3 The Likelihood Principle
- 6.3.1 The Likelihood Function
- 6.3.2 The Formal Likelihood Principle
- 6.4 The Equivariance Principle
- 6.5 Exercises
- 6.6 Miscellanea
- 7 Point Estimation
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Methods of Finding Estimators
- 7.2.1 Method of Moments
- 7.2.2 Maximum Likelihood Estimators
- 7.2.3 Bayes Estimators
- 7.2.4 The EM Algorithm
- 7.3 Methods of Evaluating Estimators
- 7.3.1 Mean Squared Error
- 7.3.2 Best Unbiased Estimators
- 7.3.3 Sufficiency and Unbiasedness
- 7.3.4 Loss Function Optimality
- 7.4 Exercises
- 7.5 Miscellanea
- 8 Hypothesis Testing
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Methods of Finding Tests
- 8.2.1 Likelihood Ratio Tests
- 8.2.2 Bayesian Tests
- 8.2.3 Union–Intersection and Intersection–Union Tests
- 8.3 Methods of Evaluating Tests
- 8.3.1 Error Probabilities and the Power Function
- 8.3.2 Most Powerful Tests
- 8.3.3 Sizes of Union–Intersection and Intersection–Union Tests
- 8.3.4 p-Values
- 8.3.5 Loss Function Optimality
- 8.4 Exercises
- 8.5 Miscellanea
- 9 Interval Estimation
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Methods of Finding Interval Estimators
- 9.2.1 Inverting a Test Statistic
- 9.2.2 Pivotal Quantities
- 9.2.3 Pivoting the CDF
- 9.2.4 Bayesian Intervals
- 9.3 Methods of Evaluating Interval Estimators
- 9.3.1 Size and Coverage Probability
- 9.3.2 Test-Related Optimality
- 9.3.3 Bayesian Optimality
- 9.3.4 Loss Function Optimality
- 9.4 Exercises
- 9.5 Miscellanea
- 10 Asymptotic Evaluations
- 10.1 Point Estimation
- 10.1.1 Consistency
- 10.1.2 Efficiency
- 10.1.3 Calculations and Comparisons
- 10.1.4 Bootstrap Standard Errors
- 10.2 Robustness
- 10.2.1 The Mean and the Median
- 10.2.2 M-Estimators
- 10.3 Hypothesis Testing
- 10.3.1 Asymptotic Distribution of LRTs
- 10.3.2 Other Large-Sample Tests
- 10.4 Interval Estimation
- 10.4.1 Approximate Maximum Likelihood Intervals
- 10.4.2 Other Large-Sample Intervals
- 10.5 Exercises
- 10.6 Miscellanea
- 11 Analysis of Variance and Regression
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Oneway Analysis of Variance
- 11.2.1 Model and Distribution Assumptions
- 11.2.2 The Classic ANOVA Hypothesis
- 11.2.3 Inferences Regarding Linear Combinations of Means
- 11.2.4 The ANOVA F Test
- 11.2.5 Simultaneous Estimation of Contrasts
- 11.2.6 Partitioning Sums of Squares
- 11.3 Simple Linear Regression
- 11.3.1 Least Squares: A Mathematical Solution
- 11.3.2 Best Linear Unbiased Estimators: A Statistical Solution
- 11.3.3 Models and Distribution Assumptions
- 11.3.4 Estimation and Testing with Normal Errors
- 11.3.5 Estimation and Prediction at a Specified x=x0
- 11.3.6 Simultaneous Estimation and Confidence Bands
- 11.4 Exercises
- 11.5 Miscellanea
- 12 Regression Models
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Regression with Errors in Variables
- 12.2.1 Functional and Structural Relationships
- 12.2.2 A Least Squares Solution
- 12.2.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 12.2.4 Confidence Sets
- 12.3 Logistic Regression
- 12.3.1 The Model
- 12.3.2 Estimation
- 12.4 Robust Regression
- 12.5 Exercises
- 12.6 Miscellanea
- Computer Algebra
- Table of Common Distributions
- References
- Index