Books by Magdalena (West Virginia University) Niewiadomska-Bugaj

Updated classic statistics text, with new problems and examplesProbability and Statistical Inference, Third Edition helps students grasp essential concepts of statistics and its probabilistic foundations. This book focuses on the development of intuition and understanding in the subject through a wealth of examples illustrating concepts, theorems, and methods. The reader will recognize and fully understand the why and not just the how behind the introduced material.In this Third Edition, the reader will find a new chapter on Bayesian statistics, 70 new problems and an appendix with the supporting R code. This book is suitable for upper-level undergraduates or first-year graduate students studying statistics or related disciplines, such as mathematics or engineering. This Third Edition:* Introduces an all-new chapter on Bayesian statistics and offers thorough explanations of advanced statistics and probability topics* Includes 650 problems and over 400 examples - an excellent resource for the mathematical statistics class sequence in the increasingly popular "flipped classroom" format* Offers students in statistics, mathematics, engineering and related fields a user-friendly resource* Provides practicing professionals valuable insight into statistical toolsProbability and Statistical Inference offers a unique approach to problems that allows the reader to fully integrate the knowledge gained from the text, thus, enhancing a more complete and honest understanding of the topic.