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1 Introduction and overview |
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1.1 Statistical inference |
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1.3 Statistics and probability |
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1.4 Some typical problems |
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1.5 Statistics and real problems |
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2.2 Statistical likelihood |
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2.3 Sufficient statistics |
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3 Maximum likelihood estimation |
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3.3 Properties of the MLE |
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3.4 Some numerical examples |
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4.2 Three test statistics related to the likelihood |
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4.3 Likelihood ratio test |
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4.4 Some important applications |
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5.1 Relationships among variables |
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5.2 Second-order hypotheses |
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5.4 Some important applications |
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6 Generalized linear models |
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6.1 Some limitations of linear models |
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223 | (3) |
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6.2 Generalized linear models |
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6.3 Examining model adequacy |
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242 | (5) |
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6.4 Applications to frequency tables |
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258 | (4) |
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262 | (3) |
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Appendix: Complements of probability theory |
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A.2 Some univariate continuous distributions |
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A.3 Some univariate discrete distributions |
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275 | (3) |
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A.4 Random vectors: general concepts |
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278 | (6) |
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A.5 The multivariate normal distribution |
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284 | (13) |
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A.6 The multinomial distribution |
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297 | (3) |
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300 | (3) |
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A.8 Sequences of random variables |
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310 | (3) |
| Main abbreviations and symbols |
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| Answers to selected exercises |
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| Essential bibliography |
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323 | (2) |
| References |
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| Author index |
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| Subject index |
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