Applied Probability and Statistics

Author: Liang Fengzhen
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Probability and statistics are important branches of modern mathematics. In the past two decades, with the development of computers and the creation of various statistical software, probability and statistical methods have been widely applied in fields such as finance, insurance, biology, medicine, economics, management, and engineering technology. For this reason, the course of probability and statistics has become one of the most important compulsory teaching courses for all majors in higher education institutions. The book consists of 10 chapters, mainly including random events and probability, random variables and their probability distributions, multivariate random variables and their distributions, the digital characteristics of random variables, the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem, basic concepts and sampling distributions in mathematical statistics, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, analysis of variance, and the use of MATLAB software. Each chapter is accompanied by a large number of exercises, and answers are provided at the end of the book. The book strives to explain probability and statistical methods with relatively less mathematical knowledge, emphasizing the application of probability and statistical methods as well as statistical software packages in MATLAB in various fields. There are numerous examples, making it highly operational and suitable for self-study. This book can serve as a textbook for applied probability and statistics for non-mathematics majors in higher education institutions, such as engineering, agriculture, medicine, economics, and management, and can also be used as a self-study reference for practitioners.