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A Comparison of the Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches to Estimation

This monograph contributes to the area of comparative statistical inference. Attention is restricted to the important subfield of statistical estimation. The book is intended for an audience having a solid grounding in probability and statistics at the level of the year-long undergraduate course tak...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samaniego, Francisco J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Springer Series in Statistics,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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