Logic of Statistical Inference

Hacking, Ian

ISBN 10: 0521290597 / ISBN 13: 9780521290593

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1976

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[From the library of noted scholar Richard A. Macksey.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Generally clean. IX, 232 p., diagrams, 22 cm. "This book is a philosophical study of the basic principles of statistic reasoning. Professor Hacking has sought to discover the simple principles which underlie modern work in mathematical statistics and to test them, both at a philosophical level and in terms of their practical consequences for statisticians. The ideas of modern logic are used to analyze these principles, and results are presented without the use of unfamiliar symbolism." "Richard A. Macksey was a celebrated Johns Hopkins University professor whose affiliation with the university spanned six and a half decades. A legendary figure not only in his own fields of critical theory, comparative literature, and film studies but across all the humanities, Macksey possessed enormous intellectual capacity and a deeply insightful human nature. He was a man who read and wrote in six languages, was instrumental in launching a new era in structuralist thought in America, maintained a personal library containing a staggering collection of books and manuscripts, inspired generations of students to follow him to the thorniest heights of the human intellect, and penned or edited dozens of volumes of scholarly works, fiction, poetry, and translation." - Johns Hopkins University.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logic of Statistical Inference
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521290597
• ISBN 13: 9780521290593
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 13 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

This book is a philosophical study of the basic principles of statistical reasoning. Professor Hacking has sought to discover the simple principles which underlie modern work in mathematical statistics and to test them, both at a philosophical level and in terms of their practical consequences fort statisticians. The ideas of modern logic are used to analyse these principles, and results are presented without the use of unfamiliar symbolism. It begins with a philosophical analysis of a few central concepts and then, using an elementary system of logic, develops most of the standard statistical theory. the analysis provides answers to many disputed questions about how to test statistical hypotheses and about how to estimate quantities in the light of statistical data. One product of the analysis is a sound and consistent rationale for R. A. Fisher's controversial concept of 'fiducial probability'.

Book Description

This book is a philosophical study of the basic principles of statistical reasoning. Professor Hacking has sought to discover the simple principles that underlie modern work in mathematical statistics and to test them, both at a philosophical level and in terms of their practical consequences fort statisticians.