A Concise Introduction to Statistical Inference

This short book introduces the main ideas of statistical inference in a way that is both user friendly and mathematically sound. Particular emphasis is placed on the common foundation of many models used in practice. In addition, the book focuses on the formulation of appropriate statistical models...

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Main Author: Thijssen, Jacco (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press 2014
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Summary:This short book introduces the main ideas of statistical inference in a way that is both user friendly and mathematically sound. Particular emphasis is placed on the common foundation of many models used in practice. In addition, the book focuses on the formulation of appropriate statistical models to study problems in business, economics, and the social sciences, as well as on how to interpret the results from statistical analyses. The book will be useful to students who are interested in rigorous applications of statistics to problems in business, economics and the social sciences, as well as students who have studied statistics in the past, but need a more solid grounding in statistical techniques to further their careers.
Physical Description:xix, 210 pages illustrations 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781498755771