The Subjectivity of Scientists and the Bayesian Approach

Informationen zum Autor S. James Press is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of California at Riverside. He is also the author of Bayesian Statistics: Principle, Models, and Applications and the Dover edition of Applied Multivariate Analysis: Including Bayesian and Frequentist Methods of Inference.Judith M. Tanur is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is also the editor of Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown and Questions About Questions: Inquiries into the Cognitive Bases of Surveys. Klappentext Intriguing examination of works by Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Pasteur, Einstein, Margaret Mead, and other scientists in terms of subjectivity and the Bayesian approach to statistical analysis. "An insightful work." ¿ Choice. 2001 edition.

Product details

• Authors: S. James Press, Judith M. Tanur
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780486802848
• ISBN: 978-0-486-80284-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Dover Books on Mathematics; Dover Books on Mathematics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics