文档介绍：Introduction to Probability
and Statistical Inference
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Introduction to Probability
and Statistical Inference
e Roussas
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Contents
Preface xi
1 SOME MOTIVATING EXAMPLES AND SOME
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 1
Some Motivating Examples 1
Some Fundamental Concepts 8
Random Variables 19
2 THE CONCEPT OF PROBABILITY AND BASIC RESULTS 23
Definition of Probability and Some Basic Results 24
Distribution of a Random Variable 33
Conditional Probability and Related Results 41
Independent Events and Related Results 5