Advanced Statistics from an Elementary Point of View

The highly readable text captures the flavor of a course in mathematical statistics without imposing too much rigor; students can concentrate on the statistical strategies without getting lost in the theory. Students who use this book will be well on their way to thinking like a statistician. Practicing statisticians will find this book useful in that it is replete with statistical test procedures (both parametric and non-parametric) as well as numerous detailed examples.· Comprehensive coverage of descriptive statistics· More detailed treatment of univariate and bivariate probability distributions· Thorough coverage of probability theory with numerous event classifications