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<h3 class="section">20.11 References and Further Reading</h3>
<p>The standard reference for almost any topic in statistics is the
multi-volume <cite>Advanced Theory of Statistics</cite> by Kendall and Stuart.
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<li>Maurice Kendall, Alan Stuart, and J. Keith Ord.
<cite>The Advanced Theory of Statistics</cite> (multiple volumes)
reprinted as <cite>Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics</cite>.
Wiley, ISBN 047023380X.
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<p class="noindent">Many statistical concepts can be more easily understood by a Bayesian
approach. The following book by Gelman, Carlin, Stern and Rubin gives a
comprehensive coverage of the subject.
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<li>Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, Hal S. Stern, Donald B. Rubin.
<cite>Bayesian Data Analysis</cite>.
Chapman & Hall, ISBN 0412039915.
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<p class="noindent">For physicists the Particle Data Group provides useful reviews of
Probability and Statistics in the “Mathematical Tools” section of its
Annual Review of Particle Physics.
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<li><cite>Review of Particle Properties</cite>
R.M. Barnett et al., Physical Review D54, 1 (1996)
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<p class="noindent">The Review of Particle Physics is available online at
the website <a href="http://pdg.lbl.gov/">http://pdg.lbl.gov/</a>.
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