Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 742 g
Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 742 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-19994-0
Verlag: Deg Press
Aubrey Clayton traces the history of how statistics went astray, beginning with the groundbreaking work of the seventeenth-century mathematician Jacob Bernoulli and winding through gambling, astronomy, and genetics. He recounts the feuds among rival schools of statistics, exploring the surprisingly human problems that gave rise to the discipline and the all-too-human shortcomings that derailed it. Clayton highlights how influential nineteenth- and twentieth-century figures developed a statistical methodology they claimed was purely objective in order to silence critics of their political agendas, including eugenics.
Clayton provides a clear account of the mathematics and logic of probability, conveying complex concepts accessibly for readers interested in the statistical methods that frame our understanding of the world. He contends that we need to take a Bayesian approach—incorporating prior knowledge when reasoning with incomplete information—in order to resolve the crisis. Ranging across math, philosophy, and culture, Bernoulli’s Fallacy explains why something has gone wrong with how we use data—and how to fix it.
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- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Bayesianische Inferenz
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geostatistik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik