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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001303719707536

Autore

Chatterjee, Shoutir Kishore

Titolo

Statistical thought : a perspective and history / Shoutir Kishore Chatterjee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

0198525311

Descrizione fisica

xix, 416 p. ; 25 cm

Classificazione

AMS 62-02

AMS 62-03

LC QA276.15.C43

Disciplina

519.509

Soggetti

Mathematical statistics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-407) and index

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Perspective ; 1. Philosophical background ; 2. Statistical induction-when and how? ; 3. Interpretation of probability: various nuances ; 4. Bearing of interpretations of probability on statistical induction

Part II: History ; 5. Prehistory, beginning of history, and the toddling period ; 6. New concepts and methods--pre-Bayesian era ; 7. Beginning of the pro-subjective approach ; 8. Pro-subjective approach loses as sampling theory gains ground ; 9. Breaking the barrier: out into a broader domain ; 10. Modern era: the superstructure builds up