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  title info:
    title: Bayesians Versus Frequentists
    sub title: A Philosophical Debate on Statistical Reasoning
  name:
    name part: Vallverdú, Jordi.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 110 p. 2 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book analyzes the origins of statistical thinking as well as its related philosophical questions, such as causality, determinism or chance. Bayesian and frequentist approaches are subjected to a historical, cognitive and epistemological analysis, making it possible to not only compare the two competing theories, but to also find a potential solution. The work pursues a naturalistic approach, proceeding from the existence of numerosity in natural environments to the existence of contemporary formulas and methodologies to heuristic pragmatism, a concept introduced in the book’s final section. This monograph will be of interest to philosophers and historians of science and students in related fields. Despite the mathematical nature of the topic, no statistical background is required, making the book a valuable read for anyone interested in the history of statistics and human cognition.
  table of contents: Some Questions to Begin with -- Ancient Statistics History in a Nutshell -- The Bayesian Approach and its Evolution until the Beginning of 20th Century -- A Conceptual Reply to Reverend Bayes: the Frequentist Approach -- The Co-evolution, Battles and Fights of Both Paradigms -- The Birth of Multicausality as the Death of Causality and Their Statistical Corollaries.- Natural vs. Artificial Minds and the Supercomputing Era -- And the Winner is... -- References.
  note: by Jordi Vallverdú.
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy and science
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Statistics
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of Science
  subject:
    topic: History of Mathematical Sciences
  subject:
    topic: History of Science
  subject:
    topic: Statistical Theory and Methods
  classification: B67
  classification: 501
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Statistics
  identifier: 9783662486382
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48638-2
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    record creation date: 151106
    record change date: 20170519222058.0
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