Introduction to mathematical statistics

This classic book retains its outstanding ongoing features and continues to provide readers with excellent background material necessary for a successful understanding of mathematical statistics. Chapter topics cover classical statistical inference procedures in estimation and testing, and an in-depth treatment of sufficiency and testing theory—including uniformly most powerful tests and likelihood ratios. Many illustrative examples and exercises enhance the presentation of material throughout the book. For a more complete understanding of mathematical statistics.

Exceptionally clear and impeccably accurate, the fifth edition of this trusted text offers a careful presentation of the probability needed for mathematical statistics and the mathematics of statistical inference. Offering a strong background for those who wish to go on to study statistical applications or more advanced theory, this text presents the most thorough treatment of the mathematics of statistics of any competing text.