Bayesians Versus Frequentists A Philosophical Debate on Statistical Reasoning /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Vallverdú, Jordi (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Statistics,
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Mathematics.; Statistics.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History of Science.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

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 c...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.