| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 262 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory |
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Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Probability up to the Twentieth Century; 3 R.A. Fisher and Statistical Probability; 4 Harold Jeffreys and Inverse Probability; 5 The Fisher ... Jeffreys Exchange, 1932 ... 1934; 6 Probability During the 1930s; 7 Epilogue and Conclusions; Appendix 1 Sources for Chapter 2; Appendix 2 Bayesian Conditioning as a Model of Scientific Inference; Appendix 3 Abbreviations Used in the Footnotes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book investigates how Bayesianism as one theory of probability was discredited during the 1920s and 1930s by two British scientists and shows how the choice of a certain interpretation of probability depends on the experiences of the individuals involved |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jeffreys, Harold, 1891-1989.
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Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962.
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| SUBJECT |
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962 fast |
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Jeffreys, Harold, 1891-1989 fast |
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Fisher, Ronald Aylmer 1890-1962 gnd |
| Subject |
Probabilities.
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Bayesian statistical decision theory.
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Probability
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probability.
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MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- Bayesian Analysis.
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Bayesian statistical decision theory
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Probabilities
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Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie
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Bayes-Entscheidungstheorie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511016611 |
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9780511016615 |
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0511045352 |
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9780511045356 |
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9780511498480 |
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0511498489 |
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9780521812511 |
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0521812518 |
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