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In this chapter we discuss selected topics and issues dealing with statistical inferences from samples to populations, building upon the brief introduction to these ideas in Chapter 3 The discussion here is at an intermediate technical level and at a speed appropriate for review of material learned in the prerequisite course.
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Heiberger, R.M., Holland, B. (2015). Introductory Inference. In: Statistical Analysis and Data Display. Springer Texts in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2122-5_5
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