The Nature of Scientific Evidence: Statistical, Philosophical, and Empirical Considerations - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226789578 ISBN 13 : 9780226789576

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2004

Synopsis

An exploration of the statistical foundations of scientific inference, The Nature of Scientific Evidence asks what constitutes scientific evidence and whether scientific evidence can be quantified statistically. Mark Taper, Subhash Lele, and an esteemed group of contributors explore the relationships among hypotheses, models, data, and inference on which scientific progress rests in an attempt to develop a new quantitative framework for evidence. Informed by interdisciplinary discussions among scientists, philosophers, and statisticians, they propose a new "evidential" approach, which may be more in keeping with the scientific method. The Nature of Scientific Evidence persuasively argues that all scientists should care more about the fine points of statistical philosophy because therein lies the connection between theory and data.

Though the book uses ecology as an exemplary science, the interdisciplinary evaluation of the use of statistics in empirical research will be of interest to any reader engaged in the quantification and evaluation of data.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Mark L. Taper is an associate professor in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University.

Subhash R. Lele is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226789578
• ISBN 13: 9780226789576
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 585
• Éditeur: Taper Mark L., Lele Subhash R.
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