What did Fisher mean by inverse probability in 1912--1922?

DOI10.1214/ss/1030037907zbMath0955.62526OpenAlexW2033406710MaRDI QIDQ1596133

A. W. F. Edwards

Publication date: 7 February 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1030037907

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) History of statistics (62-03)

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Cites Work

• On Bayes' theorem and the inverse Bernoulli theorem
• R. A. Fisher on the history of inverse probability. With comments by Robin L. Plackett and G. A. Barnard and a rejoinder by the author
• Bayes' Theorem: An Expository Presentation
• The History of Likelihood
• Laplace's 1774 memoir on inverse probability
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