1. INTRODUCTION

4. THE STATISTICAL MODEL
   4.1. Mixture of Gaussian Functions Model for the BHMF
   4.5. Accounting for Measurement Error

6. APPLICATION TO SIMULATED DATA
   6.1. Construction of the Simulated Sample
   6.2. Performing Statistical Inference on the BHMF with the MCMC Output
   6.3. Using the MCMC Output to Evaluate the BHMF Fit

7. APPLICATION TO BQS QUASARS

8. SUMMARY