{"product_id":"elementary-decision-theory-9780486652184","title":"Elementary Decision Theory","description":"\"The text is very clearly written  with] many illustrative examples and exercises  and] should be considered by those instructors who would like to introduce a more modern (and a more logical) approach in a basic course in statistics.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Statistical Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is a well-known, well-respected introduction to a lively area of statistics. Professors Chernoff and Moses bring years of professional expertise as classroom teachers to this straightforward approach to statistical problems. And happily, for beginning students, they have by-passed involved computational reasonings which would only confuse the mathematical novice.\u003cbr\u003eDeveloped from nine years of teaching statistics at Stanford, the book furnishes a simple and clear-cut method of exhibiting the fundamental aspects of a statistical problem. Beginners will find this book a motivating introduction to important mathematical notions such as set, function and convexity. Examples and exercises throughout introduce new topics and ideas.\u003cbr\u003eThe first seven chapters are recommended for beginning courses in the basic ideas of statistics and require only a knowledge of high school math. These sections include material on data processing, probability and random variables, utility and descriptive statistics, uncertainty due to ignorance of the state of nature, computing Bayes strategies and an introduction to classical statistics. The last three chapters review mathematical models and summarize terminology and methods of testing hypotheses. Tables and appendixes provide information on notation, shortcut computational formulas, axioms of probability, properties of expectations, likelihood ratio test, game theory, and utility functions.\u003cbr\u003eAuthoritative, yet elementary in its approach to statistics and statistical theory, this work is also concise, well-indexed and abundantly equipped with exercise material. Ideal for a beginning course, this modestly priced edition will be especially valuable to those interested in the principles of statistics and scientific method.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486652184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.36w x 0.77d","brand":"Herman Chernoff, Lincoln E. Moses, Moses","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637891428508,"sku":"9780486652184","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ef41e353-53c8-4fbf-90ee-1e60e17ad389.jpg?v=1603845939","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/elementary-decision-theory-9780486652184","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}