Mathematical Statistics Essays on History and Methodology /

• Main Author: Pfanzagl, Johann (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Series in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Mathematics.; History.; Probabilities.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.

This book presents a detailed description of the development of statistical theory. In the mid twentieth century, the development of mathematical statistics underwent an enduring change, due to the advent of more refined mathematical tools. New concepts like sufficiency, superefficiency, adaptivity...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Sufficiency
• Descriptive Statistics
• Optimality of unbiased estimators: nonasymptotic theory
• Asymptotic optimality of estimators
• Bibliography
• Index.