TY - BOOK ID - 1621583 TI - Principles of statistical inference PY - 2006 SN - 0521685672 9780521685672 9780521866736 0521866731 9780511813559 9780511349508 0511349505 0511813554 9780511348587 0511348584 1139931385 9781139931380 1107170435 9781107170438 9786611085575 6611085572 0511350384 9780511350382 0511347618 9780511347610 0511573413 9780511573415 128108557X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Probabilities KW - Mathematical statistics. KW - Probabilities. KW - Statistics as Topic. KW - Probability. KW - Research. KW - Laboratory Research KW - Research Activities KW - Research and Development KW - Research Priorities KW - Activities, Research KW - Activity, Research KW - Development and Research KW - Priorities, Research KW - Priority, Research KW - Research Activity KW - Research Priority KW - Research, Laboratory KW - Ethics, Research KW - Area Analysis KW - Correlation Studies KW - Correlation Study KW - Correlation of Data KW - Data Analysis KW - Estimation Technics KW - Estimation Techniques KW - Indirect Estimation Technics KW - Indirect Estimation Techniques KW - Multiple Classification Analysis KW - Service Statistics KW - Statistical Study KW - Statistics, Service KW - Tables and Charts as Topic KW - Analyses, Area KW - Analyses, Data KW - Analyses, Multiple Classification KW - Analysis, Area KW - Analysis, Data KW - Analysis, Multiple Classification KW - Area Analyses KW - Classification Analyses, Multiple KW - Classification Analysis, Multiple KW - Data Analyses KW - Data Correlation KW - Data Correlations KW - Estimation Technic KW - Estimation Technic, Indirect KW - Estimation Technics, Indirect KW - Estimation Technique KW - Estimation Technique, Indirect KW - Estimation Techniques, Indirect KW - Indirect Estimation Technic KW - Indirect Estimation Technique KW - Multiple Classification Analyses KW - Statistical Studies KW - Studies, Correlation KW - Studies, Statistical KW - Study, Correlation KW - Study, Statistical KW - Technic, Estimation KW - Technic, Indirect Estimation KW - Technics, Estimation KW - Technics, Indirect Estimation KW - Technique, Estimation KW - Technique, Indirect Estimation KW - Techniques, Estimation KW - Techniques, Indirect Estimation KW - Probability KW - Research KW - Statistics as Topic KW - Statistical inference KW - Combinations KW - Mathematics KW - Chance KW - Least squares KW - Risk KW - Statistics, Mathematical KW - Statistics KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Statistical methods KW - Acqui 2006 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1621583 AB - 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. ER -