Statistical Decision Theory

This monograph presents a radical rethinking of how elementary inferences should be made in statistics, implementing a comprehensive alternative to hypothesis testing in which the control of the probabilities of the errors is replaced by selecting the course of action (one of the available options)...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Longford, Nicholas T. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Statistics,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Estimating the Mean
  • 3.Estimating the Variance
  • 4.The Bayesian Paradigm
  • 5.Data from other Distributions
  • 6.Classification
  • 7.Small-area Estimation
  • 8.Study Design
  • Index.