Principles of Statistical Inference

• Main Author: Cox, D.R (Author)
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006
• Subjects: Mathematical statistics; Probabilities
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• Physical Description: xv, 219 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-208) and indexes
• ISBN: 9780521685672 (paperback); 0521685672 (paperback)

In this definitive book, D. R. Cox gives a comprehensive and balanced appraisal of statistical inference. He develops the key concepts, describing and comparing the main ideas and controversies over foundational issues that have been keenly argued for more than two-hundred years. Continuing a sixty-year career of major contributions to statistical thought, no one is better placed to give this much-needed account of the field. An appendix gives a more personal assessment of the merits of different ideas. The content ranges from the traditional to the contemporary. While specific applications are not treated, the book is strongly motivated by applications across the sciences and associated technologies. The mathematics is kept as elementary as feasible, though previous knowledge of statistics is assumed. The book will be valued by every user or student of statistics who is serious about understanding the uncertainty inherent in conclusions from statistical analyses.