Error Statistics Philosophy

Frequentists have long been in a kind of exile when it comes to statistical philosophy. The line is—and how many times can one hear it?—that only personalistic Bayesianism had a shot at coming up with respectable philosophical foundations. This may now be changing. Perhaps frequentist foundations, never made fully explicit, but at most lying deep below the ocean floor, are finally being disinterred. Join me, if you will, for a little deep-water drilling, as I cast about on my isle of Elba.

Friday, October 14, 2011

King Tut Includes ErrorStatistics in Top 50 Statblogs!

http://www.thebestcolleges.org/best-statistics-blogs/

I didn’t think our little rag tag blog-in-exile was even noticed. I’m glad to discover several other sites I was unaware of (providing yet more grist for our mills).

(Note: I am not at all happy with the way the comments are appearing here; there's insufficient space. I will be investigating better solutions.....I'm aware of the problem.)

I will soon be departing from this cushy chateau, where even King Tut reads EGEK.

(1) PSX-Second International Workshop on the Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation, 21-2 October, University of Konstanz

http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Philo/Philosophie/philosophie/329-1-PSX2.html

(2) Lorentz Center: Error in the Sciences, 24-28 October

http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2011/460/info.php3?wsid=460

Then on to England, in time for Halloween.

My Halloween costume? You can take a guess to win an authentic, chef-signed napkin from the Elbar room (no winners last week).