Asymptotics in Statistics: Some Basic Concepts

This volume is the second edition of a work that presents a coherent i ntroduction to the subject of asymptotic statistics as it has develope d in the past 50 years. The second edition includes a new chapter on G aussian and Poisson experiments because of their growing role in the f ield, especially in nonparametrics and semi-parametrics. Many chapters have been entirely rewritten and the nonparametrics of Chapter 7 have been amplified