This textbook is related to a course that the author taught for many years atUniversity of California Berkeley. The course was originally intended forgraduate s... » 

This textbook is related to a course that the author taught for many years atUniversity of California Berkeley. The course was originally intended forgraduate students in the biological and health sciences. But it attractedstudents from other departments on the campus as well. In order for the book toserve the interest of a larger audience the author made revisions of theoutline added new topics and provided more examples for illustrationswherever needed.This invaluable book systematically presents fundamental methods of statisticalanalysis from basic probability and statistical distributions throughfundamental concepts of statistical inference to a collection of methods ofanalysis useful for scientific research.The text is rich in tables diagrams and examples in addition to theoreticaljustification of the methods of analysis introduced. Each chapter has a sectionentitled Exercises and Problems to accompaning the text. There arealtogether about 300 exercises whose answers are given. A section entitledProof of the Results in This Chapter in each chapter provides interestedreaders with material for further study. «