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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437874203321

Autore

Longford Nicholas T

Titolo

Statistical decision theory / / by Nicholas T. Longford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-40433-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (126 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Statistics, , 2191-544X

Disciplina

519.5

519.542

Soggetti

Statistics

Statistics, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Estimating the Mean -- 3.Estimating the Variance -- 4.The Bayesian Paradigm -- 5.Data from other Distributions -- 6.Classification -- 7.Small-area Estimation -- 8.Study Design -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph presents a radical rethinking of how elementary inferences should be made in statistics, implementing a comprehensive alternative to hypothesis testing in which the control of the probabilities of the errors is replaced by selecting the course of action (one of the available options) associated with the smallest expected loss. Its strength is that the inferences are responsive to the elicited or declared consequences of the erroneous decisions, and so they can be closely tailored to the client’s perspective, priorities, value judgments and other prior information, together with the uncertainty about them.