I. Introduction and Fundamentals.- Introduction.- Fundamental Concepts in Parametric Inference.- II. Modern Nonparametric Statistical Methods.- Smooth Goodness of Fit Tests.- One-Sample and Two-Sample Problems.- Multi-Sample Problems.- Tests for Trend and Association.- Optimal Rank Tests.- Efficiency.- III. Selected Applications.- Multiple Change-Point Problems.- Bayesian Models for Ranking Data.- Analysis of Censored Data.- A. Description of Data Sets. sakriti opis