Model Based Inference in the Life Sciences: A Primer on Evidence

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Anderson, David R. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Epidemiology.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Statistics.; Social sciences.; Life Sciences.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Evolutionary Biology.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

The abstract concept of "information" can be quantified and this has led to many important advances in the analysis of data in the empirical sciences. This text focuses on a science philosophy based on "multiple working hypotheses" and statistical models to represent them. The fu...