The philosophy of statistics

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-337

  Lindley, Dennis V ^a  

^a Woodstock   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conglomerability; Data analysis; Decision analysis; Exchangeability; Law; Likelihood; Models; Personal probability; Risk; Scientific method; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000243106     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00238     Document Type: Article

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