Statistical inference : an integrated approach.: an integrated approach. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Migon, Helio dos Santos; Gamerman, Dani; Louzada-Neto, Francisco
• Contents: Introduction; Information; The concept of probability; Assessing subjective probabilities; An example; Linear algebra and probability; Notation; Outline of the book Elements of Inference; Common statistical models; Likelihood-based functions; Bayes theorem; Exchangeability; Sufficiency and exponential family; Parameter elimination Prior Distribution; Entirely subjective specification; Specification through functional forms; Conjugacy with the exponential family; Non-informative priors; Hierarchical priors Estimation; Introduction to decision theory; Bayesian point estimation; Classical point estimation; Empirical Bayes estimation; Comparison of estimators; Interval estimation; Estimation in the Normal model Approximating Methods; The general problem of inference; Optimization techniques; Asymptotic theory; Other analytical approximations; Numerical integration methods; Simulation methods Hypothesis Testing; Introduction; Classical hypothesis testing; Bayesian hypothesis testing; Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals; Asymptotic tests Prediction; Bayesian prediction; Classical prediction; Prediction in the Normal model; Linear prediction Introduction to Linear Models; The linear model; Classical estimation of linear models; Bayesian estimation of linear models; Hierarchical linear models; Dynamic linear models; Linear models with constraints Sketched Solutions to Selected Exercises List of Distributions References Index Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 519.54; Mathematical statistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439878828
• Related ISBNs: 9781498708722
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