Selected Statistical Papers of Sir David Cox: Volume 2, Foundations of Statistical Inference, Theoretical Statistics, Time Series and Stochastic Processes

Download or read book Selected Statistical Papers of Sir David Cox: Volume 2, Foundations of Statistical Inference, Theoretical Statistics, Time Series and Stochastic Processes written by David Cox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-12 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir David Cox is one of the seminal statistical thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In this selection of his work, Professor Cox reviews his most influential and interesting papers published before 1993. Each paper is the subject of a candid commentary written especially for this collection. In these he describes the context in which the papers arose and their subsequent influence. He also identifies avenues for future research. Organized in two volumes and grouped by theme, the papers and commentaries provide excellent coverage of many of the most significant advances in statistics in recent times.