Download or read book A First Course Mathematical Statistics written by C. E. Weatherburn and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1949-01-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the mathematical foundations of statistics. Its aim is to explain the principles, to prove the formulae to give validity to the methods employed in the interpretation of statistical data. Many examples are included but, since the primary emphasis is on the underlying theory, it is of interest to students of a wide variety of subjects: biology, psychology, agriculture, economics, physics, chemistry, and (of course) mathematics.