Publisher's Synopsis
Provided here is an excellent introduction to statistical methods and their underlying concepts. After covering the fundamentals, the author then develops more advanced concepts and shows how to apply them. The main emphasis is on acquiring fundamental concepts and deriving methods from first principles and linear estimation is covered in depth.;The text includes computer programs to speed lengthy calculations such as those involving multiple and partial correlation coefficients, and partial regression coefficients and their standard errors when the variables are numerous.
