Logicist statistics. I: Models and modeling

DOI10.1214/ss/1028905887zbMath1099.62501OpenAlexW2032566985MaRDI QIDQ1400102

Arthur P. Dempster

Publication date: 13 August 2003

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1028905887

zbMATH Keywords

complementarityformal and informalglobal climate changeempirical, stochastic and predictive modelsformal subjective probabilityLogicism and proceduralismscreening for chronic diseasespecificity of analysissubjective and objectiveU.S. national census

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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