Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-286) and index
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pt. I. Geometrical structures of a family of probability distributions. Differential geometry of statistical models -- [Alpha]-divergence and [alpha]-projection in statistical manifold -- pt. II. Higher-order asymptotic theory of statistical inference in curved exponential families. Curved exponential families and Edgeworth expansions -- Asymptotic theory of estimation -- Asymptotic theory of tests and interval estimators -- Information, ancillarity and conditional inference -- Statistical inference in the presence of nuisance parameters