The Nature of Statistical Evidence

The purpose of this book is to discuss whether statistical methods make sense. That is a fair question, at the heart of the statistician-client relationship, but put so boldly it may arouse anger. The many books entitled something like Foundations of Statistics avoid controversy by merely describing...

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Autore principale: Thompson, Bill
Natura: Livre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edizione:1st ed. 2007.
Serie:Lecture Notes in Statistics 189
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Edition sous un autre format:• The nature of statistical evidence, Bill Thompson, New York, Springer, 2007, 1 vol. (X-152 p.), Lecture notes in statistics, 978-0-387-40050-1
• The Nature of Statistical Evidence, Texte imprimé, 9780387516011
• The nature of statistical evidence, Bill Thompson, New York, Springer, 2007, 1 vol. (X-152 p.), Lecture notes in statistics, 978-0-387-40050-1
Sommario:
  • Overview Overview The Context Mathematics and Its Applications The Evolution of Natural Scientists and Their Theories Law and Learning Interpreting Probability to Probability The Fair Betting Utility Interpretation of Probability Attitudes Toward Chance Statistical Models of Induction A Framework for Statistical Evidence A Critique of Bayesian Inference The Long-Run Consequence of Behavior A Critique of p-Values The Nature of Statistical Evidence The Science of Statistics Comparison of Evidential Theories.