Partial Identification of Probability Distributions

• Main Author: Manski, Charles F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Series: Springer Series in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Econometrics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

Sample data alone never suffice to draw conclusions about populations. Inference always requires assumptions about the population and sampling process. Statistical theory has revealed much about how strength of assumptions affects the precision of point estimates, but has had much less to say about...