| 书目名称 | The Myth of Statistical Inference | | 编辑 | Michael C. Acree | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Highlights 12th to 17th century changes to conceptual basis of knowledge.Critiques modern concepts of probability and statistical inference.Proposes a view of psychology and medicine grounded in biolo | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book proposes and explores the idea that the forced union of the aleatory and epistemic aspects of probability is a sterile hybrid, inspired and nourished for 300 years by a false hope of formalizing inductive reasoning, making uncertainty the object of precise calculation. Because this is not really a possible goal, statistical inference is not, cannot be, doing for us today what we imagine it is doing for us. It is for these reasons that statistical inference can be characterized as a myth...The book is aimed primarily at social scientists, for whom statistics and statistical inference are a common concern and frustration. Because the historical development given here is not merely anecdotal, but makes clear the guiding ideas and ambitions that motivated the formulation of particular methods, this book offers an understanding of statistical inference which has not hitherto been available. It will also serve as a supplement to the standard statistics texts. Finally, general readers will find here an interesting study with implications far beyond statistics. The development of statistical inference, to its present position of prominence in the social sciences, epitomizes a | | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | | 关键词 | Statistical inference; Philosophy of statistical inference; History of statistical inference; Nonadditi | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73257-8 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-73259-2 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-73257-8 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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