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Foundations of Probability Theory, Statistical Inference, and Statistical Theories of Science

Volume II Foundations and Philosophy of Statistical Inference

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  • © 1976

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Editors:
  1. William Leonard Harper

    1. University of Western Ontario, Canada

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  2. Clifford Alan Hooker

    1. University of Western Ontario, Canada

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Part of the book series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (WONS, volume 6b)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. The Poverty of Statisticism

    • P. D. Finch
    Pages 1-46

  3. On the Equivalence of Standard Inference Procedures

    • D. A. S. Fraser, Jock Mackay
    Pages 47-62

  4. Empirical Probability, Objective Statistical Methods, and Scientific Inquiry

    • Ronald N. Giere
    Pages 63-101

  5. Philosophy of Survey-Sampling Practice

    • V. P. Godambe, M. E. Thompson
    Pages 103-123

  6. The Bayesian Influence, or How to Sweep Subjectivism under the Carpet

    • I. J. Good
    Pages 125-174

  7. Confidence Intervals vs Bayesian Intervals

    • E. T. Jaynes, Oscar Kempthorne
    Pages 175-257

  8. On Tests of Significance

    • J. G. Kalbfleisch, D. A. Sprott
    Pages 259-272

  9. Statistics and the Philosophers

    • Oscar Kempthorne
    Pages 273-314

  10. Statistical Knowledge and Statistical Inference

    • Henry E. Kyburg
    Pages 315-352

  11. Bayesian Statistics

    • D. V. Lindley
    Pages 353-363

  12. A Theory of Statistical Evidence

    • Glenn Shafer
    Pages 365-436

  13. Testing Theories and the Foundations of Statistics

    • Patrick Suppes
    Pages 437-455

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 456-456
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About this book

In May of 1973 we organized an international research colloquium on foundations of probability, statistics, and statistical theories of science at the University of Western Ontario. During the past four decades there have been striking formal advances in our understanding of logic, semantics and algebraic structure in probabilistic and statistical theories. These advances, which include the development of the relations between semantics and metamathematics, between logics and algebras and the algebraic-geometrical foundations of statistical theories (especially in the sciences), have led to striking new insights into the formal and conceptual structure of probability and statistical theory and their scientific applications in the form of scientific theory. The foundations of statistics are in a state of profound conflict. Fisher's objections to some aspects of Neyman-Pearson statistics have long been well known. More recently the emergence of Bayesian statistics as a radical alternative to standard views has made the conflict especially acute. In recent years the response of many practising statisticians to the conflict has been an eclectic approach to statistical inference. Many good statisticians have developed a kind of wisdom which enables them to know which problems are most appropriately handled by each of the methods available. The search for principles which would explain why each of the methods works where it does and fails where it does offers a fruitful approach to the controversy over foundations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Western Ontario, Canada

    William Leonard Harper, Clifford Alan Hooker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Foundations of Probability Theory, Statistical Inference, and Statistical Theories of Science

  • Book Subtitle: Volume II Foundations and Philosophy of Statistical Inference

  • Editors: William Leonard Harper, Clifford Alan Hooker

  • Series Title: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1436-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1976

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0618-8Published: 31 December 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0619-5Due: 31 December 1975

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1436-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-659X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1974

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 456

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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