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Inferential Models
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Inferential Models

by Ryan Martin, Chuanhai Liu
September 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
276 pages
9h 7m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Content preview from Inferential Models
Chapter 1
Preliminaries
1.1 Introduction
Researchers would agree that statistical methods are of fundamental importance to
their scientific investigations, which explains the substantial developments in sta-
tistical methodology and computing in recent years. On the other hand, there has
been very little progress on the foundations of statistical inference. These founda-
tional considerations are of the utmost importance, as they distinguish Statistics as a
branch of Science and not just a collection of methods for scientists to use. Moreover,
there are now alternatives—machine learning, data science, etc—poised to challenge
Statistics, so setting a
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ISBN: 9781439886519