- Suitable for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners of statistical sciences from diverse fields and be subject to an extensive usage- This book uses real world data and elaborate illustrative examples involving financial time series, US income distribution comparison and input distribution modeling using civil engineering data- Numerous graphical displays are included to facilitate a visual understanding of the material- A Historical perspective has been kept in mind so that readers would appreciate the novel contributions within the framework of statistical distribution theory developed over the last 100 years ago or so