A modern introduction to probability and statistics. — (Springer texts in statistics)

Abstract

Description

1.Why probability and statistics?; 2.Outcomes, events, and probability; 3.Conditional probability and independence; 4.Discrete random variables; 5.Continuous random variables; 6.Simulation; 7.Expectation and variance; 8.Computations with random variables; 9. Joint distributions and independence; 10.Covariance and correlation; 11.More computations with more random variables; 12.The Poisson process; 13.The law of large numbers...

Keywords

Probabilities, Mathematical statistics, Dekking, F.M.

Citation

F.M. Dekking C. Kraaikamp &H.P. Lopuhaa¨ L.E. Meester(2005)A modern introduction to probability and statistics. — (Springer texts in statistics).Springer-Verlag London Limited