The Foundations of Probability and Mathematical Statistics

Gus Haggstrom

Expert InsightsPublished 1975

Class notes for an introductory course in probability and statistics at the post-calculus level. A lucid explication of the basic concepts of probability theory, this paper treats probability models, random variables, expectation and variance, joint distributions, conditioning, correlation, and sampling theory. Among the distributions discussed are the binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson, negative binomial, normal, gamma, lognormal, chi-square, and bivariate normal. The last section provides an introduction to parameter estimation.

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  • Year: 1975
  • Pages: 138
  • Document Number: P-5394

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Haggstrom, Gus, The Foundations of Probability and Mathematical Statistics. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1975. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5394.html.
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