The proper fiducial argument

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4123 LNCS, Issue , 2006, Pages 512-526

  Hampel, F ^a  

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Author keywords

Aleatory probabilities; Aposteriori interpretation of confidence intervals; Axiom of frequentist epistemic probability; Bayesian statistics; Behrens Fisher problem; Bets; Confidence interval; Epistemic probabilities; Fair bets; Fiducial argument; Fiducial probability; Foundations of statistics; Frequentist statistics; Intersubjective statistics; Neyman Pearson statistics; Odds; R.a. Fisher; Statistical inference; Structure of epistemic probabilities; Successful; Upper and lower probabilities

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; BEHRENS FISHER PROBLEMS; BETS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAIR BETS; FIDUCIAL ARGUMENT; FREQUENTIST; FREQUENTIST STATISTICS; ODDS; R.A. FISHER; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; SUCCESSFUL; UPPER AND LOWER PROBABILITIES;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 47749112703     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11889342_29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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