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, December 16, 2011

Done!

The hole in Birnbaum's famous (alleged) proof of the Likelihood Principle has withstood a rather severe test of a knowledgeable (mostly Bayesian leaning) audience at a conference on controversies in statistical hypothesis testing (Testing2011, Madrid). Thanks for various e-mail comments/corrections on the blogposted draft (Dec 6-7), to Santiago and Casa de Madrid*!

*and of course to the main conference organizer, David Tiera.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Done!

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