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The foundations of statistics

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Courier Dover Publications, 1972 - Mathematics - 310 pages
Classic analysis of the subject and the development of personal probability; one of the greatest controversies in modern statistcal thought. New preface and new footnotes to 1954 edition, with a supplementary 180-item annotated bibliography by author. Calculus, probability, statistics, and Boolean algebra are recommended.
  

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Contents

Postulates of a personalistic theory of decision End papers
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PsasoNAL PnoBABILITY
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UnLrrY
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PARTITIoN PnoaLsus
116
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Mixed acts in statistics
217
Ponrr ESTIMATIoN 1 Introduction
220
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Criteria that have been proposed for point estimates
223
A behavioralistic review of the criteria for point estimation I
229
A behavioralistic review continued
234
A behavioralistic review concluded
244
Tnsrmo 1 Introduction
246

Srarrsrrcs
154
PaaaLLausu BETWEEN THE Mrsruax TaroRY AND ran TuaoRr
178
Tan IAIHEhlAlICS or MiNruax PaoaLaus
184
Bilinear games
186
An example of a bilinear game
189
Bilinear games exhibiting symmetry
193
Mr m x Rows 1 Introduction
200
Utility and the minimax rule
201
Almost subminimax acts
203
The minimax rule does not generate a simple ordering
205
0 T0 OnsnnvxrroNs 1 Introduction
208
Suficient statistics
212
The approach to certainty
214
Sequential probability ratio procedues
215
Randomization
216
A theory of testing
247
Testing in practice
252
IrrrznvaL EsrlmanoN AND RELATED Torres 1 Estimates of the accuracy of estimates
257
Interval estimation and confidence intervals
259
Tolerance intervals
262
cnn VALUE
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Convex FUNcrIoNS
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Bmuocaarnrc SoreLzmsrvr
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TzcnmcaL SYMBoLS
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Arrrnoa Irmax
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Gasaan Isosx
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The foundations of statistics
The Foundations of Statistics. 1954. 294 pp. New York: John Wiley & ... It is clear, therefore, that for Savage the foundations of statistics are interwoven ...
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The Foundations of Statistics ...... 245 2.--Festinger (L.) & Katz (D.) (Editors). ... The Foundations of Statistics. By lj Savage. Cambridge, Mass. ...
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The foundations of statistics. By Leonard J. Savage, John Wiley ...
This book presents the author’s opinions on the foundations of statistics. He brings out. the difficulty of accepting the objectivistic views on probability ...
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THE NATURE OF RATIONAL CHOICE AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF STATISTICS*
THE FOUNDATIONS OF STATISTICS*. By PAUL ANAND. 1. Introduction. RATIONALITY ...... The Foundations of Statistics, New York, Dover. SCHICK, F. (1987). ...
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econpapers: The Nature of Rational Choice and The Foundations of ...
The Nature of Rational Choice and The Foundations of Statistics. Paul Anand · Oxford Economic Papers, 1991, vol. 43, issue 2, pages 199-216 ...
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The foundations of statistics reconsidered (1961)
The foundations of statistics reconsidered (1961). Source, Readings in uncertain reasoning table of contents. Pages: 14 - 20. Year of Publication: 1990 ...
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Foundations of statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For a short introduction to the foundations of statistics, see ch. 6 ("Probability and statistical inference") of Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics ...
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Leonard J Savage: <i>Foundations of Statistics</i>
The foundations of statistics are controversial, changing, and subtle. .... Leonard J Savage, The Foundations of Statistics (John Wiley and Sons, New York, ...
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On the foundations of statistics: A frequentist approach
Abstract: A limited but basic problem in the foundations of statistics is the ...... Some thoughts about the foundations of statistics, in S. Morgenthaler, ...
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Graduate Courses in the Department of Statistics
... lj Savage's theory of personal probability for which the primary text was The Foundations of Statistics; ra Fisher's account of varieties of statistical ...
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