Books On The Foundations Of Statistics?

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5 total messages Started by Albert Edward THOMPSON Fri, 08 Jan 1993 08:04

#828

Author: Albert Edward THOMPSON
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 08:04

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hi!

can anyone suggest a good book on the foundations of statistics,
inductive logic, axiomatic probability and the like?

	bert.

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Re: Books On The Foundations Of Statistics?

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Author: Robert E George
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:53

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"The Foundations of Statistics" by Leonard "Jimmie" Savage
(possibly still in Dover paperback edition?)


Robert George
(speaking only for myself)

Re: Books On The Foundations Of Statistics?

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Author: Ronald A. Thisted
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 16:48

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In article <1993Jan8.195334.489@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> regeorge@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert E George) writes:
>"The Foundations of Statistics" by Leonard "Jimmie" Savage
>(possibly still in Dover paperback edition?)

One of the best articles on the subject is also (posthumously) by
Savage:  "On rereading R. A. Fisher" with commentary, 1976 Annals of
Statistics, pp 441- 483.

Ron Thisted
Department of Statistics/The University of Chicago
thisted@galton.uchicago.edu

Re: Books On The Foundations Of Statistics?

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Author: Jonathan Dwyer
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:30

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Hi,

This is the best book I have found on the foundations of inductive thought
and probability as used today  (in fact I thought it was so good I bought
my own copy!) :

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   Type of Material: Book

     LC Call Number: QA276.15 .S75 1986

             Author: Stigler, Stephen M.

              Title: The history of statistics : the measurement of uncertainty
                      before 1900 / Stephen M. Stigler.

   Publication Info: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University
                      Press, 1986.
  Phys. Description: xvi, 410 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

              Notes: Bibliography: p. 374-398.
              Notes: Includes index.
           Subjects: Statistics--History.

     LC Card Number:    85030499
               ISBN: 0-674-40340-1 (alk. paper)


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Also, I have not read this one, but it came up when I tried to find Stigler:

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   Type of Material: Book

     LC Call Number: QA276.15 .P44 1978

             Author: Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936.

              Title: The history of statistics in the 17th and 18th centuries
                      against the changing background of intellectual,
                      scientific, and religious thought : lectures by Karl
                      Pearson given at University College, London, during the
                      academic sessions, 1921-1933 / edited by E. S. Pearson.

   Publication Info: London : C. Griffin, c1978.
  Phys. Description: xix, 744 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.


              Notes: Bibliography: p. 732-734.
              Notes: Includes index.

           Subjects: Mathematical statistics--History--17th century--Addresses,
                      essays, lectures.
           Subjects: Mathematical statistics--History--18th century--Addresses,
                      essays, lectures.

        Other Names: Pearson, E. S. (Egon Sharpe), 1895-

     LC Card Number:    79318701 //r85
               ISBN: 0-85264-250-4 :  7.50


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Re: Books On The Foundations Of Statistics?

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Author: Jerry Dallal
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:01

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The "foundations" of statistics is a broad topic (no pun intended) and can
mean different things to different people.  If you'd like a quick overview/
comparison of different schools of statistical inference, you might try
Barnett's Comparative Statistical Inference (Wiley).  If your interest is
more in the area of probability, try Kyburg and Smokler (eds) Studies in
Subjective Probability (Wiley, sold to Krieger).

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