Ian Hacking, Hacking

Logic of Statistical Inference

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a philosophical study of the basic principles of statistical reasoning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780521290593
• ISBN-10: 0521290597
• Artikelnr.: 26848465

Autorenporträt

Ian Hacking is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has published extensively on logic, philosophy of science, philosophy of maths and metaphysics. His most recent publications include Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All? (Cambridge, 2014), Scientific Reason (2009) and Exercises in Analysis (Cambridge, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Long run frequencies
2. The chance set-up
3. Support
4. The long run
5. The law of likelihood
6. Statistical tests
7. Theories of testing
8. Random sampling
9. The fiducial argument
10. Estimation
11. Point estimation
12. Bayes' theory
13. The subjective theory.