Practical Statistics for Astronomers

1. Decision 2. Probability 3. Statistics and expectations 4. Correlation and association 5. Hypothesis-testing 6. Data modelling and parameter-estimation: basics 7. Data modelling and parameter-estimation: advanced topics 8. Detection and surveys 9. Sequential data - 1D statistics 10. Statistics of large-scale structure 11. Epilogue: statistics and our Universe Appendices References Index.

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