Essential statistical inference : theory and methods

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Essential statistical inference : theory and methods

Dennis D. Boos, L.A. Stefanski

(Springer texts in statistics)

Springer, c2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-547) and index

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Description

This book is for students and researchers who have had a first year graduate level mathematical statistics course. It covers classical likelihood, Bayesian, and permutation inference; an introduction to basic asymptotic distribution theory; and modern topics like M-estimation, the jackknife, and the bootstrap. R code is woven throughout the text, and there are a large number of examples and problems. An important goal has been to make the topics accessible to a wide audience, with little overt reliance on measure theory. A typical semester course consists of Chapters 1-6 (likelihood-based estimation and testing, Bayesian inference, basic asymptotic results) plus selections from M-estimation and related testing and resampling methodology. Dennis Boos and Len Stefanski are professors in the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State. Their research has been eclectic, often with a robustness angle, although Stefanski is also known for research concentrated on measurement error, including a co-authored book on non-linear measurement error models. In recent years the authors have jointly worked on variable selection methods.

Table of Contents

Roles of Modeling in Statistical Inference.- Likelihood Construction and Estimation.- Likelihood-Based Tests and Confidence Regions.- Bayesian Inference.- Large Sample Theory: The Basics.- Large Sample Results for Likelihood-Based Methods.- M-Estimation (Estimating Equations).- Hypothesis Tests under Misspecification and Relaxed Assumptions .- Monte Carlo Simulation Studies .- Jackknife.- Bootstrap.- Permutation and Rank Tests.- Appendix: Derivative Notation and Formulas.- References.- Author Index.- Example Index .- R-code Index.- Subject Index.

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  • NCID
    BB11985120
  • ISBN
    • 9781461448174
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 568 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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