Philosophies, Puzzles and Paradoxes: A Statistician’s Search for Truth
Philosophies, Puzzles and Paradoxes: A Statistician’s Search for Truth
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032377399 | 352 Pages | PDF (True) | 12 MB
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032377399 | 352 Pages | PDF (True) | 12 MB
Unlike mathematics, statistics deals with real-world data and involves a higher degree of subjectivity due to the role of interpretation. Interpretation is shaped by context as well as the knowledge, preferences, assumptions and preconceptions of the interpreter, leading to a variety of interpretations of concepts as well as results. Philosophies, Puzzles and Paradoxes: A Statistician’s Search for Truth thoroughly examines the distinct philosophical approaches to statistics – Bayesian, frequentist and likelihood – arising from different interpretations of probability and uncertainty. These differences are highlighted through numerous puzzles and paradoxes and illuminated by extensive discussions of the background philosophy of science.