Isbn: 9786133841710 - foundations of statistics: epistemology, inductive inference, bayesian inference, frequentist inference, ronald fisher, egon pearson, likelihood principle, robert p. abelson (3 risultati)

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Foundations ofstatistics is the usual name for the epistemological debate over how oneshould conduct inductive inference from data. Among issues consideredare the question of Bayesian inference versus frequentist inference, thedistinction between Fisher's 'significance testing' and Neyman- Pearson'hypothesis testing', and whether the likelihood principle should befollowed. Some of these issues have been debated for up to 200 yearswithout resolution. For a short introduction to the foundations ofstatistics, see ch. 6 of Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics. In hisbook Statistics As Principled Argument, Robert P. Abelson articulatesthe position that statistics serves as a standardized means of settlingdisputes between scientists who could otherwise each argue the merits oftheir own positions ad infinitum. From this point of view, statistics isa form of rhetoric; as with any means of settling disputes, statisticalmethods can succeed only as long as all parties agree on the approachusedVDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Foundations ofstatistics is the usual name for the epistemological debate over how oneshould conduct inductive inference from data. Among issues consideredare the question of Bayesian inference versus frequentist inference, thedistinction between Fisher's 'significance testing' and Neyman- Pearson'hypothesis testing', and whether the likelihood principle should befollowed. Some of these issues have been debated for up to 200 yearswithout resolution. For a short introduction to the foundations ofstatistics, see ch. 6 of Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics. In hisbook Statistics As Principled Argument, Robert P. Abelson articulatesthe position that statistics serves as a standardized means of settlingdisputes between scientists who could otherwise each argue the merits oftheir own positions ad infinitum. From this point of view, statistics isa form of rhetoric; as with any means of settling disputes, statisticalmethods can succeed only as long as all parties agree on the approachused.…