Statistical inference in science

DOI10.1007/b98955zbMath0955.62006OpenAlexW1604506244MaRDI QIDQ1577554

David A. Sprott

Publication date: 24 August 2000

Published in: Springer Series in Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/b98955

zbMATH Keywords

confidence intervalsstatistical inferenceGauss linear modelcontrolled experimentslikehood functionlocation-scale pivotal modelmaximum likehood estimationtesting parametric hypotheses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to statistics (62-01)

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