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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Series: | Lecture notes in statistics (Springer-Verlag) ;
v. 189. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009461475406719 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
