The Nature of Statistical Evidence

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Thompson, Bill (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Statistics, 189
• Θέματα: Statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.