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Springer Texts in Statistics Ser.: Probability by Jim Pitman (1993, Hardcover)

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9780387979748

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Springer New York
ISBN-10
0387979743
ISBN-13
9780387979748
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1058225

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
Xi, 560 Pages
Publication Name
Probability
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Subject
Probability & Statistics / General
Type
Textbook
Author
Jim Pitman
Subject Area
Mathematics
Series
Springer Texts in Statistics Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
46.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
92-039051
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
1 Introduction.- 1.1 Equally Likely Outcomes.- 1.2 Interpretations.- 1.3 Distributions.- 1.4 Conditional Probability and Independence.- 1.5 Bayes' Rule.- 1.6 Sequences of Events.- Summary.- Review Exercises.- 2 Repeated Trials and Sampling.- 2.1 The Binomial Distribution.- 2.2 Normal Approximation: Method.- 2.3 Normal Approximation: Derivation (Optional).- 2.4 Poisson Approximation.- 2.5 Random Sampling.- Summary.- Review Exercises.- 3 Random Variables.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Expectation.- 3.3 Standard Deviation and Normal Approximation.- 3.4 Discrete Distributions.- 3.5 The Poisson Distribution.- 3.6 Symmetry (Optional).- Summary.- Review Exercises.- 4 Continuous Distributions.- 4.1 Probability Densities.- 4.2 Exponential and Gamma Distributions.- 4.3 Hazard Rates (Optional).- 4.4 Change of Variable.- 4.5 Cumulative Distribution Functions.- 4.6 Order Statistics (Optional).- Summary.- Review Exercises.- 5 Continuous Joint Distributions.- 5.1 Uniform Distributions.- 5.2 Densities.- 5.3Independent Normal Variables.- 5.4 Operations (Optional).- Summary.- Review Exercises.- 6 Dependence.- 6.1 Conditional Distributions: Discrete Case.- 6.2 Conditional Expectation: Discrete Case.- 6.3 Conditioning: Density Case.- 6.4 Covariance and Correlation.- 6.5 Bivariate Normal.- Summary.- Review Exercises.- Distribution Summaries.- Discrete.- Continuous.- Beta.- Binomial.- Exponential.- Gamma.- Geometric and Negative Binomial.- Hypergeometrie.- Normal.- Poisson.- Uniform.- Examinations.- Solutions to Examinations.- Appendices.- 1 Counting.- 2 Sums.- 3 Calculus.- 4 Exponents and Logarithms.- 5 Normal Table.- Brief Solutions to Odd-Numbered Exercises.
Synopsis
Preface to the Instructor This is a text for a one-quarter or one-semester course in probability, aimed at stu- dents who have done a year of calculus. The book is organized so a student can learn the fundamental ideas of probability from the first three chapters without reliance on calculus. Later chapters develop these ideas further using calculus tools. The book contains more than the usual number of examples worked out in detail. It is not possible to go through all these examples in class. Rather, I suggest that you deal quickly with the main points of theory, then spend class time on problems from the exercises, or your own favorite problems. The most valuable thing for students to learn from a course like this is how to pick up a probability problem in a new setting and relate it to the standard body of theory. The more they see this happen in class, and the more they do it themselves in exercises, the better. The style of the text is deliberately informal. My experience is that students learn more from intuitive explanations, diagrams, and examples than they do from theo- rems and proofs. So the emphasis is on problem solving rather than theory., This textbook is ideal for an undergraduate introduction to probability, with a calculus prerequisite. It is based on a course that the author has taught many times at Berkeley. The text's overall style is informal, but all results are stated precisely, and most are proved. Understanding is developed through intuitive explanations and examples. Graphs, diagrams, and geometrical ideals motivate results that might otherwise look likely purely formal manipulations., Preface to the Instructor This is a text for a one-quarter or one-semester course in probability, aimed at stu­ dents who have done a year of calculus. The book is organized so a student can learn the fundamental ideas of probability from the first three chapters without reliance on calculus. Later chapters develop these ideas further using calculus tools. The book contains more than the usual number of examples worked out in detail. It is not possible to go through all these examples in class. Rather, I suggest that you deal quickly with the main points of theory, then spend class time on problems from the exercises, or your own favorite problems. The most valuable thing for students to learn from a course like this is how to pick up a probability problem in a new setting and relate it to the standard body of theory. The more they see this happen in class, and the more they do it themselves in exercises, the better. The style of the text is deliberately informal. My experience is that students learn more from intuitive explanations, diagrams, and examples than they do from theo­ rems and proofs. So the emphasis is on problem solving rather than theory., This is a text for a one-quarter or one-semester course in probability, aimed at students who have done a year of calculus. The book is organised so a student can learn the fundamental ideas of probability from the first three chapters without reliance on calculus. Later chapters develop these ideas further using calculus tools. The book contains more than the usual number of examples worked out in detail. The most valuable thing for students to learn from a course like this is how to pick up a probability problem in a new setting and relate it to the standard body of theory. The more they see this happen in class, and the more they do it themselves in exercises, the better. The style of the text is deliberately informal. My experience is that students learn more from intuitive explanations, diagrams, and examples than they do from theorems and proofs. So the emphasis is on problem solving rather than theory.
LC Classification Number
QA273.A1-274.9

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