Probability and Statistics by Example

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Probability and statistics are as much about intuition and problem solving as they are about theorem proving. Consequently, students can find it very difficult to make a successful transition from lectures to examinations to practice because the problems involved can vary so much in nature. Since the subject is critical in so many applications from insurance to telecommunications to bioinformatics, the authors have collected more than 200 worked examples and examination questions with complete …

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Full title :Probability and Statistics by Example

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Publication Date:2014
Edition:2. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

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Description:461 s.

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ISBN:1107603587, 9781107603585
oclc:on1239623308
Dewey Decimal:519.2

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Part I. Basic Probability: 1. Discrete outcomes; 2. Continuous outcomes; Part II. Basic Statistics: 3. Parameter estimation; 4. Hypothesis testing; 5. Tripos examination questions in IB Statistics; Appendix. Tables of random variables and probability distributions; Bibliography; Index

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Bioinformatics Confidence intervals Contingency tables Distributions Estimators Likelihood variotests mathematical finance probability and statistics Random variables