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I Contents

1. Introduction

2. Statistical MetaModels

II Classical Methods

3. Random Variables

4. Fitting Parametric Distributions to Random Samples; Input Modelling

5. Maximum Likelihood Estimation

6. Accuracy of MLEs

III Computer Intensive Methods

7. Empirical Distribution Functions

8. Basic Bootstrap Method

9. Evaluating the Distribution of MLEs by Bootstrapping

10. Comparing Samples Using the Basic Bootstrap

11. The Parametric Bootstrap

12 Goodness of Fit Testing

12.1 Classical Goodness of Fit

12.2. Bootstrapping a GOF statistic

13 Comparison of Different Models; Model Selection

14 Final Comments

References