Mathematical Statistics

Preface xiii

1 Basic Ideas of Mathematical Statistics 1

1.1 Statistical Population and Samples 2

1.1.1 Concrete Samples and Statistical Populations 2

1.1.2 Sampling Procedures 4

1.2 Mathematical Models for Population and Sample 8

1.3 Sufficiency and Completeness 9

1.4 The Notion of Information in Statistics 20

1.5 Statistical Decisi...