Probability, Statistics and Stochastic Processes
by Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
2001
Number of pages: 71
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Contents: Probability (Probability Calculus, Random Variables, Discrete and Continuous Distributions); Statistics (The Care and Handling of Data, Sampling, Estimation, Hypothesis Testing); Stochastic Processes (Sequences of Random Variables, Markov Processes, Continuous-Time Stochastic Processes).
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