Nonparametric Inference

"This book provides a solid foundation on nonparametric inference for students taking a graduate course in nonparametric statistics and serves as an easily accessible source for researchers in the area." "With the exception of some sections requiring familiarity with measure theory, readers with an advanced calculus background will be comfortable with the material."--Jacket Statistical terminology -- Order statistics -- Ordered least squares estimators -- Interval estimation and tolerance limits -- Nonparametric estimation -- Estimation of density functions -- Review of parametric testing -- Goodness of fit tests -- Randomness tests based on runs -- Permutation tests -- Rank order tests -- LMP tests: Two-sample case -- One-sample rank order tests -- Asymptotic relative efficiency -- LMP tests for independence -- c-sample rank order tests -- c-sample tests for scale -- c-sample tests for ordered alternatives -- Tests in two-way layouts -- Rank tests for random effects -- Estimation of contrasts -- Regression procedures -- Useful asymptotic results -- Asymptotic theory of CS-class of statistics -- CS class for one sample case -- A class of statistics