Hannelore Liero is an apl. Prof. for Mathematical Statistics at the University of Potsdam. She studied Mathematics at the Humboldt-University in Berlin. She earned her Ph.D. while working as a scientist at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Since 1992, she has taught Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in Mathematics, Biology and Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Potsdam. In addition to teaching, she does basic research in Statistics and supports scientists applying statistical methods in practice. Silvelyn Zwanzig is an Associate Professor for Mathematical Statistics at Uppsala University. She studied Mathematics at the Humboldt-University in Berlin. Before coming to Sweden she was Assistant Professor at the University of Hamburg in Germany. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Since 1991, she has taught Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students. Her research interests have moved from theoretical statistics to computer intensive statistics. She is interested in consulting and was working in Astrometry.

Introduction. Statistical Model. Inference principles. Estimation. Testing Hypotheses. Linear Model. Solutions. Bibliography. Index.