Statistical Inference Based on the likelihood: Based on the likelihood

by Adelchi Azzalini, Valerie Isham (Series Editor)

The Likelihood plays a key role in both introducing general notions of statistical theory, and in developing specific methods. This book introduces likelihood-based statistical theory and related methods from a classical viewpoint, and demonstrates how the main body of currently used statistical techniques can be generated from a few key concepts, in particular the likelihood.

Focusing on those methods, which have both a solid theoretical background and practical relevance, the author gives formal justification of the methods used and provides numerical examples with real data.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1996