This book contains a balanced coverage of both the theory and applications that helps the beginners acquire a thorough knowledge of the concepts of mathematical statistics offered to the Arts, Science, Commerce and Engineering students in Indian Universities. Key Features * Previous knowledge of the subject is not required. * Scope of the book is to provide an indepth understanding of the subject. * Exhaustive coverage of theoretical background. * Systematic arrangement and analytical presentation of the subject matter. * Solved examples with detailed explanation of the solution procedure. * Rich pedagogy includes * 435 worked examples that have been graded according to their difficulty. * 465 short answer questions. * 600 problems for practice. * Answers for all the analytical short answer and descriptive questions given at the end of each chapter. * 175 figures and tables