1 THE CONCEPT OF PROBABILITY 1
2 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY 13
3 ELEMENTARY THEOREMS 19
4 RANDOM VARIABLES AND DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS 26
5 MEAN VALUE AND DISPERSION 55
6 MEAN VALUE AND DISPERSION OF SUMS,PRODUCTS,AND OTHER FUNCTIONS 72
7 THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 81
8 LIMIT THEOREMS 102
9 THE RELATION OF THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY TO EXPERIENCE AND ITS PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE 112
10 APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY TO STATISTICS 118
11 APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY TO THE THEORY OF ERRORS 152
12 APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY TO THE THEORY OF ADJUSTMENT 181
APPENDIX 1 n! 211
APPENDIX 2 MATRIX THEORY 213
TABLE 1 THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 216
TABLE 2 THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 216
TABLE 3 THE t-DISTRIBUTION 217
TABLE 4 THE r-DISTRIBUTION 217
TABLE 5 THE x2-DISTRIBUTION 218
TABLE 6 THE w2-(OR F-)DISTRIBUTION 219
PROBLEMS 221
REFERENCES 231
INDEX 235