This book introduces the principles, language, and applications of statistical methods in the analysis of information in a very simplified way. This is to facilitate an easy understanding of its basic applications and lay a solid foundation for solving statistical problems. 

This book introduces the fundamental procedures underlying the theory of estimation in a simplified form using both mathematical and practical illustrations. It is assumed here that the reader has a basic knowledge of second year undergraduate mathematical statistics. Thus, the material covered here is appropriate for third year and fourth year undergraduate level or even for first year graduate students.

It is the objective of this book to introduce the language, methods, and application of sampling from a practical, mathematical perspective. It is expected that the reader will be enabled to plan and execute surveys and also be capable of evaluating estimates of various parameters especially the location and scale parameters as well as their standard errors.