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STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA THE KNIBBS LECTURE FOR 1977: (SEPTEMBER 5th, 1977): FOUNDATIONS OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE: THE CASE FOR ECLECTICISM
Author(s) -
Cox D. R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 0004-9581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1978.tb01094.x
Subject(s) - eclecticism , statistical inference , inference , statistical theory , bayesian inference , epistemology , sampling (signal processing) , bayesian statistics , bayesian probability , econometrics , statistics , computer science , mathematical economics , mathematics , philosophy , history , archaeology , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
Summary First there is some general discussion of the place in statistics of work on the foundations of statistical inference. Three broad approaches, sampling theory, pure likelihood and Bayesian are distinguished and some general comments made on the advantages and limitations of each approach. It is concluded that all three have some role.