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These volumes present a selection of Erich L. Lehmann's monumental contributions to Statistics. These works are multifaceted. His early work included fundamental contributions to hypothesis testing, theory of point estimation, and more generally to decision theory. His work in Nonparametric Statistics was groundbreaking. His fundamental contributions in this area include results that came to assuage the anxiety of statisticians that were skeptical of nonparametric methodologies, and his work on concepts of dependence has created a large literature.
The two volumes are divided into chapters of related works. Invited contributors have critiqued the papers in each chapter, and the reprinted group of papers follows each commentary. A complete bibliography that contains links to recorded talks by Erich Lehmann - and which are freely accessible to the public - and a list of Ph.D. students are also included. These volumes belong in every statistician's personal collection and are a required holding for any institutional library.
List of contents
Decision Theory.- Hypothesis Testing.- Estimation.- Nonparametrics I.- Nonparametrics II.- Asymptotics.- Multiple Decisions.- Orderings of Probability Distributions.- Probability Theory.- Biographical Work.- Historical Work.- Philosophical Work.- Books.- PhD Students.
About the author
Javier Rojo is Professor of Statistics in the School of Engineering at Rice University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, American Statistical Association, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He received the 2010 ASA Don Owen Award, and has served as Editor of the Journal of Nonparametric Statistics. He is Erich L. Lehmann's last Ph.D. student.
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These volumes present a selection of Erich L. Lehmann’s monumental contributions to Statistics. These works are multifaceted. His early work included fundamental contributions to hypothesis testing, theory of point estimation, and more generally to decision theory. His work in Nonparametric Statistics was groundbreaking. His fundamental contributions in this area include results that came to assuage the anxiety of statisticians that were skeptical of nonparametric methodologies, and his work on concepts of dependence has created a large literature.
The two volumes are divided into chapters of related works. Invited contributors have critiqued the papers in each chapter, and the reprinted group of papers follows each commentary. A complete bibliography that contains links to recorded talks by Erich Lehmann – and which are freely accessible to the public – and a list of Ph.D. students are also included. These volumes belong in every statistician’s personal collection and are a required holding for any institutional library.
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From the book reviews:
“This treasured collection has some nice pieces of statistical and mathematical works and provides historical developments of some of the important work in respective statistical fields carried out by Lehmann. Undoubtedly, this volume will be of interest to researchers in statistical inference, nonparametric statistics, and a host of related fields. … this is a collectable item and belongs in every statistician’s library.” (Technometrics, Vol. 54 (3), August, 2012)
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From the book reviews:
"This treasured collection has some nice pieces of statistical and mathematical works and provides historical developments of some of the important work in respective statistical fields carried out by Lehmann. Undoubtedly, this volume will be of interest to researchers in statistical inference, nonparametric statistics, and a host of related fields. ... this is a collectable item and belongs in every statistician's library." (Technometrics, Vol. 54 (3), August, 2012)
