The Nature of Statistical Evidence

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Bill (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Lecture Notes in Statistics, 189
Temas:
Statistics .
Statistical Theory and Methods.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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