A First Course Mathematical Statistics

This book provides the mathematical foundations of statistics.

C. E. Weatherburn (Author)

9780521091589, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 1949

300 pages
21.5 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.5 kg

Review of the hardback: 'A much needed and well written book…should be of interest to others apart from those for whom it is specifically written. Professor Weatherburn is not only a mathematician: he is an able and experienced teacher.' Times Educational Supplement

This book provides the mathematical foundations of statistics. Its aim is to explain the principles, to prove the formulae to give validity to the methods employed in the interpretation of statistical data. Many examples are included but, since the primary emphasis is on the underlying theory, it is of interest to students of a wide variety of subjects: biology, psychology, agriculture, economics, physics, chemistry, and (of course) mathematics.

Preface
1. Frequency distributions
2. Probability and probability distributions
3. Some standard distributions
4. Bivariate distributions, regression and correlation
5. Further correlation theory, curved regression lines
6. Theory of simple sampling
7. Standard errors of statistics
8. Beta and gamma distributions
9. Chi-square and some applications
10. Further tests of significance, small samples
11. Analysis of variance and covariance
12. Multivariate distributions, partial and multiple correlations
Tables.

Subject Areas: Mathematics [PB]