> It is the acronym for Frequently Asked Questions.

> By far, the Top FAQ of the sci.stat.math group is not,
> believe it or not, "How many Luis A. Afonsos are there posting
> statistical nonsense", but questions in this FAQ.  :)

> Sept1>   I would like it very much if you would send the solutions
> Sept1>   manual to me.

> Sept2>   I'd appreciate if anyone could send me the solution manual
> Sept2>   of Statistical Inference book by Casella & Berger.

> Sept7>   Can anyone send me an e-copy of solutions manual to
> Sept7>   statistical inference by Casella & Berger?

> and this sort of enquiry has been ongoing regularly ever since I
> started reading this newsgroup in early 2005.

> Therefore, I think it's about time that SOMEONE should compile
> some answers to the FAQs.

> QUESTION.   Can anyone send me ...

> A1.   Yes.   Casella & Berger or their publisher (probably) can.

> A2.   Dr. Doofus can.

> Dr. Doofus wrote (Nov 23, 2005)
> > Dear future statitsicians!

> > Dr. Doofus is pleased to announce that he just inherited the complete
> > set of solutions in MP3 PDF (www) from the Nigebrian Chambers of
> > Commerce, with the help of a very influential wealthy representative.

> > If you would kindly agree to be a designated beneficiary, Dr. Doofus
> > will personally morse-code, text, blog, or ipod the solutions to you
> > absolutely for FREE!

> > With warm academic regards,
> > Dr.Doofus

> RF>  I shall reciprocate your warm academic regard with a warmed-over
> RF>  turkey, after I stuffed the book and complete solution into its
> RF>  posterior orifice.
> RF>  -- Dr. Reef Fish Bob.

> A3.   JABONAYAN can.

> JA>  I have the complete solution set. I can send them to anyone
> JA>  who is interested on request.

> A4.   Nick can.

> Nick>   I have the casella berger solutinos manual in pdf format
> Nick>   which i am selling for $15.
> nick <nick_in_mob...@yahoo.com> says send $15 to
> code_help2...@yahoo.com

> A5.  Erase Ego not only can, but DID:

> http://www.math.ntnu.no/~ushakov/emner/ST2201/v06/files/z1.pdf

> A6.   Reef Fish CAN'T:

> RF> I had only seen a couple of the problems posed in their book.
> RF> I thought they were TERRIBLY stated. and ambiguously impractical.
> RF> No wonder that's the only book students are always scrambling
> RF> for "solutions", in this newsgroup, ever since I started reading
> RF> here over a year ago.

> RF> BURN the BOOK.   Learn your statistics from other books.
> RF> Perhaps then, you'll find the solutions to the exercises in Casella

> RF> and Berger's book a trivial exercise once the subject is
> understood.

> QUESTION.   Do you have the solution to problem 1.42 in the book?

> A.   The Solution Manual does not have 1.42 in the set of solutions.
>        55 Exercises in Chapter 1.  51 Answers.  Missing 26, 30, 36, 42.

> QUESTION.  Can anyone give the solutions to 1.18 and 1.20?

> A.    Dr. Reef Fish Bob can.

> RF>  as I stated in my solution to their problems 1.18 and 1.20, I
> could
> RF>  easily find a solution manual and trade (or provide my completely
> RF>  set of solutions of ZEROs) for just one kilo of baby green morays.

> Because of the poorly and ambiguously stated problems, I argued that
> the solution to both were ZERO, though the pedantic answers can be
> found in the Solution Manual.  I commented on Oct 25, 2005 to Dr.
> Doofus:

> RF>  My curiosity was aroused partly because of the name "Dr. Doo.."
> RF>  I saw (thinking it was some Dr. Doodoo), and I had just finished
> RF>  demolishing the "crazy old lunatic" Luis A. Afonso, on his
> RF>  accusation that I erred in my solution to a Casella & Berger
> RF>  problem, when I was writing a satirical piece about how POORLY
> RF>  and ambiguously those two author had stated their intended
> problems

> and I complimented Dr. Doofus,

> RF>  Your post did not disappoint me!

> RF>  It was one of the best I have read in this thread, heavily
> RF>  populated by the bottom-dwelling slimes in academia.

> Unfortunately, except for what I quoted from Dr. Doofus, he seemed to
> have had his posts removed by Google.

> There you have it -- the one and only compiled FAQ about
> Casella & Berger's Solution Manual.

> The next time I see the questions asked in this FAQ in sci.stat.math,
> I'll post this FAQ.  Perhaps in time, the questions will disappear.

> -- Reef Fish Bob.