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This chapter introduces several examples which will be considered throughout this book. It also gives a brief discussion of different aspects of statistical inference and the role of statistical models.
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Held, L., Sabanés Bové, D. (2014). Introduction. In: Applied Statistical Inference. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37887-4_1
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