Nonparametric methods of statistics

This book gives an introduction to nonparametric statistics. It is oriented towards upper grade students. Target groups are mathematicians who are also interested in the applied point of view and students of other subjects with some interest in the mathematical background. The reader is presupposed to have some knowledge of parametric statistics and of some calculus. For example, the order of convergence is used without any explanation. The same holds true for statistical tests. On the one hand, the focus is on a mathematical rigorous presentation. But only the more accessible proofs are presented. On the other hand the author puts much value on awakening of understanding for the background of the statistical methods and the resulting reasoning. To reach this goal, many figures are included illustrating the formal derivations and many numerical examples give some ideas how to apply the methods. The one sample and the two sample problems are dealt with rather extensively. The topics covered are mainly the usual test problems. But some non-standard topics are included as well: Lillefors' test for normality, kernel density estimation, and censored data; \(k\)-sample problems \((k>2)\) and regression are sketched only shortly.

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