The nature of scientific evidence : statistical, philosophical, and empirical considerations /

An exploration of the statistical foundations of scientific inference, The Nature of Scientific Evidence asks what constitutes scientific evidence and whether scientific evidence can be quantified statistically. Mark Taper, Subhash Lele, and an esteemed group of contributors explore the relationship...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Taper, Mark L., 1952-, Lele, Subhash
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Temas:
Science > Statistical methods.
Science > Methodology.
Sciences > Méthodes statistiques.
Sciences > Méthodologie.
SCIENCE > Research & Methodology.
Science > Methodology
Science > Statistical methods
Statistik
Evidenz
Wissenschaftstheorie
Naturwissenschaften
Ökologie
Statistische analyse.
Methodologie.
Empirische methoden.
Filosofische aspecten.
Wetenschap.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Preface; Part 1: Scientific process; 1. A Brief Tour of Statistical Concepts; 2. Models of Scientific Inquiry and Statistical Practice: Implications for the Structure of Scientific Knowledge; 3. Experiments, Observations, and Other Kinds of Evidence; Part 2: Logics of evidence; 4. An Error-Statistical Philosophy of Evidence; 5. The Likelihood Paradigm for Statistical Evidence; 6. Why Likelihood?; 7. Evidence Functions and the Optimality of the Law of Likelihood; Part 3: Realities of nature; 8. Whole-Ecosystem Experiments: Replication and Arguing from Error.

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