The Subjectivity of Scientists and the Bayesian Approach (Dover Books on Mathematics) - Softcover

Press, S. James; Tanur, Judith M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486802841 ISBN 13: 9780486802848

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2016

Synopsis

"Press and Tanur argue that subjectivity has not only played a significant role in the advancement of science but that science will advance more rapidly if the modern methods of Bayesian statistical analysis replace some of the more classical twentieth-century methods." — SciTech Book News.
"An insightful work." ― Choice.
"Compilation of interesting popular problems … this book is fascinating." — Short Book Reviews, International Statistical Institute.
Subjectivity ― including intuition, hunches, and personal beliefs ― has played a key role in scientific discovery. This intriguing book illustrates subjective influences on scientific progress with historical accounts and biographical sketches of more than a dozen luminaries, including Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Pasteur, Freud, Einstein, Margaret Mead, and others. The treatment also offers a detailed examination of the modern Bayesian approach to data analysis, with references to the Bayesian theoretical and applied literature. Suitable for lay readers as well as science specialists, this survey will also appeal to historians of science and those interested in knowing more about the Bayesian approach.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

"Press and Tanur argue that subjectivity has not only played a significant role in the advancement of science but that science will advance more rapidly if the modern methods of Bayesian statistical analysis replace some of the more classical twentieth-century methods."—SciTech Book News.
"An insightful work."―Choice.
"Compilation of interesting popular problems … this book is fascinating."—Short Book Reviews, International Statistical Institute.
Subjectivity―including intuition, hunches, and personal beliefs―has played a key role in scientific discovery. This intriguing book illustrates subjective influences on scientific progress with historical accounts and biographical sketches of more than a dozen luminaries, including Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Pasteur, Freud, Einstein, Margaret Mead, and others. The treatment also offers a detailed examination of the modern Bayesian approach to data analysis, with references to the Bayesian theoretical and applied literature. Suitable for lay readers as well as science specialists, this survey will also appeal to historians of science and those interested in knowing more about the Bayesian approach.
Dover (2016) republication of the edition originally published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2001.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486802841
• ISBN 13: 9780486802848
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288