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Mathematics General

A Primer on Statistical Distributions

by (author) Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan & V.B. Nevzorov

Publisher
Wiley
Initial publish date
Jul 2003
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780471427988
    Publish Date
    Jul 2003
    List Price
    $237.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780471722212
    Publish Date
    Nov 2004
    List Price
    $190.99

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Description

Designed as an introduction to statistical distribution theory.
* Includes a first chapter on basic notations and definitions that are essential to working with distributions.
* Remaining chapters are divided into three parts: Discrete Distributions, Continuous Distributions, and Multivariate Distributions.
* Exercises are incorporated throughout the text in order to enhance understanding of materials just taught.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

N. BALAKRISHNAN, PhD, is Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

V. B. NEVZOROV, PhD, DS, is Professor of Probability and Statistics at St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Editorial Reviews

"…a good reference for statisticians to have available on their bookshelf…it would not be difficult to build an interesting and relevant course around this book that would be highly beneficial to our students…" (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2004)

“...a very interesting and useful book...highly recommended...” (Choice, Vol. 41, No. 5, January 2004)