...sciences students. prior knowledge probability and statistics is needed, but a good understanding of advanced calculus and linear algebra is a prerequisite for the material. The major objective is to give a careful presentation of the fundamentals in probability and statistics, the concept of probabilistic modeling, and the process of model selection, verification, and analysis. As the author states in the Preface, the development of this book was guided by a number of considerations observed over many years of author's own teaching experience. These considerations, which I found to be quite similar to my own teaching experience over the years and thus worth being paraphrased here, include the following:

1. As an introductory course, a sound and rigorous treatment of the...

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