Introduction to Statistics

Basics.- One-Dimensional Frequency Distributions.- Probability Theory.- Combinatorics.- Random Variables.- Probability Distributions.- Sampling Theory.- Estimation.- Statistical Tests.- Two-dimensional Frequency Distribution.- Regression.- Time Series Analysis.

Wolfgang Karl Härdle is the Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz Professor of Statistics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and director of C.A.S.E. (Center for Applied Statistics and Economics), director of the CRC-649 (Collaborative Research Center) "Economic Risk" and director of the IRTG 1792 "High Dimensional Non-stationary Time Series". He teaches quantitative finance and semi-parametric statistics. His research focuses on dynamic factor models, multivariate statistics in finance and computational statistics. He is an elected member of the ISI (International Statistical Institute) and advisor to the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University and a senior fellow of Sim Kee Boon Institute of Financial Economics at the Singapore Management University.

Sigbert Klinke is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz Chair of Statistics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He received his PhD in computational statistics from the Catholique University in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He teaches introductory statistics courses and data analytical courses for bachelor and master students in Economics and Educational Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's School of Business and Economics. His research focuses on computational and multivariate statistics and the teaching of statistics.

"The book is meant for undergraduate and graduate students taking their first statistics courses, as well as for undergraduate students in non-mathematical fields. ... The book includes many examples with explanations. ... This book will be useful for statistics students." (S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews, November, 2016)