This book builds theoretical statistics from the first principles of probability theory. Starting from the basics of probability, the authors develop the theory of statistical inference using techniques, definitions, and concepts that are statistical and are natural extensions and consequences of previous concepts. Intended for first-year graduate students, this book can be used for students majoring in statistics who have a solid mathematics background. It can also be used in a way that stresses the more practical uses of statistical theory, being more concerned with understanding basic statistical concepts and deriving reasonable statistical procedures for a variety of situations, and less concerned with formal optimality investigations.

雷奥奇·卡塞拉、罗杰L.贝耶编著的《统计推断（英文版原书第2版）》从概率论的基础开始，通过例子与习题的旁征博引，引进了大量近代统计处理的新技术和一些国内同类教材中不能见而广为使用的分布。其内容包括工科概率论入门、经典统计和现代统计的基础，又加进了不少近代统计中数据处理的实用方法和思想，例如：Bootstrap再抽样法、刀切（Jackknife）估计、EM算法、Logistic回归、稳健（Robust）回归、Markov链、Monte Carlo方法等。它的统计内容与国内流行的教材相比，理论较深，模型较多，案例的涉及面要广，理论的应用面要丰富，统计思想的阐述与算法更为具体。《统计推断（英文版原书第2版）》可作为工科、管理类学科专业本科生、研究生的教材或参考书，也可供教师、工程技术人员自学之用。