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Basic Statistical Concepts — Problems of Estimation and Testing of Hypotheses

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The position of statistics in geology, its problems and methods. Problems of estimation of parameters by selected data. Necessity of investigation of estimation procedures by the example of study of paragenesis. Informational statistics, their bias. Concept of sufficiency. Testing of geological constructions through statistical hypotheses. Distribution analysis of Na2O in basalts based on the given methods.

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Vistelius, A.B. (1992). Basic Statistical Concepts — Problems of Estimation and Testing of Hypotheses. In: Principles of Mathematical Geology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2934-3_3

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