This graduate textbook covers topics in statistical theory essential for graduate students preparing for work on a Ph.D. degree in statistics. This new edition has been revised and updated and in this fourth printing, errors have been ironed out.

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Jun Shao is Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Inhalt
Probability Theory.- Fundamentals of Statistics.- Unbiased Estimation.- Estimation in Parametric Models.- Estimation in Nonparametric Models.- Hypothesis Tests.- Confidence Sets.