Probability and Probability Distributions

G. Barrie Wetherill
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G. Barrie Wetherill: Bath University of Technology

Chapter Chapter Two in Elementary Statistical Methods, 1972, pp 47-78 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In Chapter 1 we showed that the science of statistics is concerned with the interpretation of experimental results from random systems. One of the most important tools used in the development of the subject is a branch of mathematics called the Theory of Probability. The reader who is merely interested in understanding how and when to use statistical methods will need very little indeed of this vast branch of mathematics, and the sketch given in this chapter will suffice. For others who wish to pursue a study of the Theory of Probability to a deeper level, there are some excellent books available, such as Feller (1957), Gnedenko (1962), Loéve (1960) and Parzen (1960).

Keywords: Probability Distribution; Poisson Distribution; Binomial Distribution; Marginal Distribution; Geometric Distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1972
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-3288-4_2

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