Statistical Decision Theory (2013) (SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
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- Synopsis
- This monograph presents a radical rethinking of how elementary inferences should be made in statistics, implementing a comprehensive alternative to hypothesis testing in which the control of the probabilities of the errors is replaced by selecting the course of action (one of the available options) associated with the smallest expected loss.Its strength is that the inferences are responsive to the elicited or declared consequences of the erroneous decisions, and so they can be closely tailored to the client’s perspective, priorities, value judgments and other prior information, together with the uncertainty about them.
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783642404337
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783642404320
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Date of Addition:
- 07/27/22
- Copyrighted By:
- The Author
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Mathematics and Statistics
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.