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Probability and Statistics : a Course for Physicists and Engineers /

This book offers an introduction to concepts of probability theory, probability distributions relevant in the applied sciences, as well as basics of sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing. As a companion for classes for engineers and scientists, the book also covers applied topics...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mathai, Arak M. (Author), Haubold, Hans J. (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]
Series:De Gruyter Textbook
Subjects:
Engineering > Statistical methods > Textbooks.
Probabilities > Textbooks.
MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General.
Engineering > Statistical methods
Probabilities
Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie
Statistik
Electronic books.
Textbooks
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book offers an introduction to concepts of probability theory, probability distributions relevant in the applied sciences, as well as basics of sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing. As a companion for classes for engineers and scientists, the book also covers applied topics such as model building and experiment design. ContentsRandom phenomenaProbabilityRandom variablesExpected valuesCommonly used discrete distributionsCommonly used density functionsJoint distributionsSome multivariate distributionsCollection of random variablesSampling distributionsEstimationInterval estimationTests of statistical hypothesesModel building and regressionDesign of experiments and analysis of varianceQuestions and answers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (604 pages)
ISBN:9783110562545
3110562545