Likelihood

Type

Book

Authors

Edwards ( Edwards, A.W.F. )

ISBN 10

0521082994

ISBN 13

9780521082990

Tags

Probability & Statistics, Research, Statistics

Description

Dr Edwards' stimulating and provocative book advances the thesis that the appropriate axiomatic basis for inductive inference is not that of probability, with its addition axiom, but rather likelihood - the concept introduced by Fisher as a measure of relative support amongst different hypotheses. Starting from the simplest considerations and assuming no more than a modest acquaintance with probability theory, the author sets out to reconstruct nothing less than a consistent theory of statistical inference in science. - from Amzon

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