Estimation and Inferential Statistics

P.K. Sahu, PhD in agricultural statistics, is associate professor and head of the Department of Agricultural Statistics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (a state agriculture university), West Bengal. With over 20 years of teaching experience, Dr. Sahu has published over 70 research papers in several international journals of repute and has guided several postgraduate students and research scholars. He has authored four books: Agriculture and Applied Statistics, Vol. 1, and Agriculture and Applied Statistics, Vol. 2 (both published by Kalyani Publishers), Gender, Education, Empowerment: Stands of Women (published by Agrotech Publishing House) and Research Methodology: A Guide for ResearchersIn Agricultural Science, Social Science and Other Related Fields(published by Springer) as well as contributed a chapter to the book Modelling, Forecasting, Artificial Neural Network and Expert System in Fisheries and Aquaculture, edited by Ajit Kumar Roy and Niranjan Sarangi (Daya Publishing House). Dr. Sahu has presented his research papers in several international conferences. He also visited the USA, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam to attend international conferences. S.R. Pal, PhD in agricultural statistics, an eminent professor, had been teaching at the Department of Agricultural Statistics at R.K. Mission Residential College and Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (a state agriculture university). An expert in agricultural statistics, Prof. Pal has over 35 years of teaching experience and has guided several postgraduate students and research scholars. He has several research papers published in statistics and related fields in several international journals of repute. With his vast experience in teaching, research and industrial advisory role, Prof. Pal has tried to incorporate the problems faced by the users, students and researchers in this field. A.K. Das, PhD in agricultural statistics, is professorat the Department of Agricultural Statistics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (a state agriculture university). With over 30 years of teaching experience, Prof. Das has a number of good research articles to his credit published in several international journal of repute and has guided several postgraduate students and research scholars. He has coauthored a book, Agriculture and Applied Statistics, Vol. 2, and contributed a chapter to the book, Modelling, Forecasting, Artificial Neural Network and Expert System in Fisheries and Aquaculture, edited by Ajit Kumar Roy and Niranjan Sarangi.

1. Theory of Point Estimation.- 2. Methods of Estimation.- 3. Theory of testing of hypothesis.- 4. Likelihood Ratio Test.- 5. Interval Estimation.- 6. Non-parametric test.- 7. Statistical Decision Theory.