| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1229 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Handbook of the philosophy of science, 0031-8019 ; v. 7 |
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Handbook of the philosophy of science ; v. 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Probability & statistics -- pt. 2. Philosophical controversies about conditional probability -- pt. 3. Four paradigms of statistics -- pt. 4. The likelihood principle -- pt. 5. Recent advances in model selection -- pt. 6. Attempts to understand different aspects of 'randomness' -- pt. 7. Probabilistic and statistical paradoxes -- pt. 8. Statistics and inductive inference -- pt. 9. Various issues about causal inference -- pt. 10. Some philosophical issues concerning statistical learning theory -- pt. 11. Different approaches to simplicity related to inference and truth -- pt. 12. Special problems in statistics/computer science -- pt. 13. An application of statistics to climate change -- pt. 14. Historical approaches to probability/statistics. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Mathematical statistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bandyopadhyay, Prasanta S.
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Forster, Malcolm R.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780444518620 |
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9780080930961 (electronic bk.) |
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