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Bayesians Versus Frequentists

A Philosophical Debate on Statistical Reasoning
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
110 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am16.11.20151st ed. 2016
This book analyzes the origins of statistical thinking as well as its related philosophical questions, such as causality, determinism or chance. Despite the mathematical nature of the topic, no statistical background is required, making the book a valuable read for anyone interested in the history of statistics and human cognition.mehr
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KlappentextThis book analyzes the origins of statistical thinking as well as its related philosophical questions, such as causality, determinism or chance. Despite the mathematical nature of the topic, no statistical background is required, making the book a valuable read for anyone interested in the history of statistics and human cognition.
Zusammenfassung
Provides a detailed historical comparison and analysis of Bayesianism and frequentism

Features a precise philosophical analysis of the Bayesian vs. frequentist controversy

Stimulates the reader to think about causality, chance, determinism and indeterminism

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-662-48636-8
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2015
Erscheinungsdatum16.11.2015
Auflage1st ed. 2016
ReiheSpringerBriefs in Statistics
Seiten110 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht201 g
IllustrationenXII, 110 p. 2 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.15623052

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Some Questions to Begin with.- Ancient Statistics History in a Nutshell.- The Bayesian Approach and its Evolution until the Beginning of 20th Century.- A Conceptual Reply to Reverend Bayes: the Frequentist Approach.- The Co-evolution, Battles and Fights of Both Paradigms.- The Birth of Multicausality as the Death ofCausality and Their Statistical Corollaries.- Natural vs. Artificial Minds and theSupercomputing Era.- And the Winner is....- References.mehr
Kritik
"This book argues for the superiority of bayesianism (the author prefers lower-case) over frequentism, collecting nearly two dozen articles organized into a few sections with an index of persons. ... Anyone interested in the history of statistics, let alone the subject debate, and in how our choice of statistical foundation affects our view of the world will find this work entertaining in enlightening." (Tom Schulte, MAA Reviews, maa.org, August, 2016)mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Jordi Vallverdú, Ph.D., M.Sci., B.Mus, B.Phil is a Tenure Professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His research embraces the cognitive and epistemic aspects of contemporary scientific research, especially in the fields of emotional modelling, computer science and robotics. In 2011 he won a Japanese JSPS fellowship to pursue research on computational HRI interfaces at Kyoto University. He was a keynote speaker at ECAP09 (TUM, Munich, Germany), EBICC2012 (UNESP, Brazil) and SLACTIONS 2013 (Portugal). As an expert on emotions and cognition he founded and serves as an Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (IJSE). He is also a research member of GEHUCT and TECNOCOG.